Muffins???

I was going to blog about muffin tops this evening, however following my last blog it just didn’t seem appropriate.  So I struggle with what to write, what other change has impacted my life so greatly these last few months.  Not all change in bad, in fact there is a lot of good that comes from change.  People change… and that is where I begin.  There is a poem that talks about the people that come into your life.  How some come for a season, a reason or forever and tonight I want to tell you about just 2 of my forever friends.

I first met my friend Mel when we were in grade school.  We didn’t go to school with each other, didn’t see each other on a regular basis but we both knew of each other.  Through grade school, junior high and high school our paths rarely crossed she only knowing who I was and I who she was.  This knowledge however didn’t leave either of us with a good taste in our mouths.  No particular reason just because I guess and that’s how it works before you know you need forever friends. 

I’m not sure really when my opinion changed about her or how we every started hanging out, but shortly through our first semester in college we were living across the hall from one another and by the end of our freshman year we were inseparable.  From that point on we made memories, some good, some bad, and at times life even got ugly. 

SIL, another forever friend, entered my life around the same time.  She had gone to church with us for as long as I could remember and was a few years younger than I was.  She came into my life due to my brother.  This began as a different kind of friendship because it was not one I had chosen but one that was just there.  It wasn’t until I had graduated from college and was living in Muskogee that we found ourselves building our forever friendship.  She too made memories with me, some good, some bad and at times life got ugly.

When life gets ugly is when you really learn the most about your forever friends.  Will they be there when you need them to stand up for you, can they be a shoulder to cry on when your tears are too much by yourself, can they laugh with you instead of at you, can you sit with you in silence and it be ok, are they always just a phone call away, do they tell you the truth when you don’t want to hear it?  I can answer YES to all of these questions about these forever friends and I hope they can say YES about me as well.

I want you to know I could write novels about these two girls and things we have done together. I want them to know they will forever be a part of my life no matter where we are or what our circumstances.  My life would not be the same without the impact they have had on me in the good, bad and the ugly!

Most importantly, I want you to know, how important these friends are in your life.  Do you have them? If not, seek them, they are out there and will make your life even better.  I am so honored and blessed to have more than just these two forever friends and they too hold a very special place in my life.