Last night, I had dinner with two great friends. There was a time in life when we saw each other quite frequently. We walked beside each other while dating our significant others, stood up in each other’s weddings, coached each other through the early years of our first babies, and then life happened. We went our separate ways to different cities and states. Facebook and texts kept us connected.
At dinner, we laughed together {one of us with a baby in tow} and it occurred to us it had been almost two years since we had seen each other {maybe more} as we correlated one mom’s back-to-back baby births with dates in our own lives. Regardless of how long it had been, one thing was certain as we each took turns filling in details of the last few years… it didn’t feel like that long.
I drove home with a grateful heart and thought about all the friends I have where we just pick right up where we left off. Without you, I’d not be the mom or woman that I am today. So thank you for being a mom friend, each and every one of you:
Thank you to my dear friends last night for not skipping a beat!
Thank you to my high school friends that message me on social media to encourage me or thank me for inspiring you.
Thank you to my BFF who I rarely see and who has no children, but who talks to me on the phone for hours as we dissect life and cheer each other on.
Thank you to my work friends for being in the trenches with me each day.
Thank you to my oldest friends who have been by my side through all my dark days and celebrated with me in the light.
Thank you to my mom friends who remember the snacks and have the extra wipes and band-aids now that I no longer carry a diaper bag.
Thank you to each one of you wonderful women in my life who understands when I forget to text back for a week or a year; to those who when we finally see each other face to face, just hug and talk as if just last week we had lunch and we continue the story of life without pause.
Mommas, we need each other. We need our friendships and we need the grace of the too-long-between visits. Our connections are important and beautiful and the fresh air to our souls.
Do you miss an old friend? Call her up! Make a date and stick to it. Watch it revive your spirit.
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