"Maybe our girlfriends are our soulmates, and guys are just people to have fun with."

Maybe mistakes are what make our fate... without them what would shape our lives? Maybe if we had never veered off course we wouldn't fall in love, have babies, or be who we are. After all, things change, so do cities, people come into your life and they go. But it's comforting to know that the ones you love are always in your heart... and if you're very lucky, a plane ride away. ~ Sex and the City


Friendship: noun

1. the state of being a friend; association as friends: to value a person's friendship.

2. a friendly relation or intimacy.

Synonyms 

harmony, accord, understanding, rapport.

BFF ~ BESTIE ~ SAME PERSON ~ SISTERS BY HEART ~ COMRADE ~ CONFIDANT ~

 

Let me tell you a little something.  Friendships are some of the most important relationships you will have in your lifetime.  Friends don't "break up" with you, or turn their backs on you, or judge you.  They are just there.  There to listen, there to talk.  There to laugh and cry and sit in silence when there are no words to be spoken. 

 

I met a group of my closest girlfriends in college.  We used to spend countless hours together - watching stupid tv shows, getting dressed up and going out all night, talking and crying and laughing.  We grew together.  We encouraged one another.  We endured the good and the bad and the ugly. 

 

Now we are spread out across the country - North Carolina, California, Minnesota, Colorado, Indiana, Chicago, Iowa.  We no longer have the luxury of walking across campus to see each other or meeting up for Starbucks or having a weekend of doing absolutely nothing together.

 

I wish I would have realized it in college.  How lucky I was to have all my closest friends in the same place.  I miss that.  Immensely.

 

Devon (Colorado) and Johanne (North Carolina) came to Iowa this weekend to visit.  I am lucky enough to have Brooke here in Iowa with me.  We made it a girls weekend and I couldn't have been happier!   I hadn't seen Dev for 8 months or Johanne for a year and a half!  It was just like old times.   We are already talking about the next time we will be able to get together.  And yes, I cried when they left!  (I may or may not be getting a little teary-eyed writing this right now!)

 

Today's Starfish

 

This morning, Devon and I got up extra early so we could go grab coffee before I had to go to work.  I know it doesn't sound like a big deal, but we have come to understand how important our time together.  Back in our younger years, we may have skipped that early morning coffee time to stay in bed for another 40 minutes. 

 

It meant so much to me to have my friends in town this weekend.  I treated them to brunch and bottomless mimosas at Granite City yesterday and got our Starbucks this morning.  I LOVE YOU GUYS!!!!!!!!