Today I am thankful for friends.
I have had many good friends over the years. Unfortunately I am not really great at keeping up with people whom I do not interact with on a semi-regular basis. Facebook has made it exceedingly easy to feel "connected" to people that I just don't talk to all that often. I really am ashamed at how I have let some of my closest friendships slip because it is difficult to find the time to call/email. However little I interact with a select group of people they are still very important to me and the impact they have had on my life is meaningful.
Here are some great friendships that I am thankful for (in no particular order):
My college roommates Rose and Ashley. We all live in different cities now, but you were my lifelines in college. You kept me sane and grounded. All of my favorite college memories include one or the both of you. Thanks for sharing things like SNL's the Best of Will Ferrell, baked ziti (isn't this what we made by the giant pan-full), and all of our crazy shenanigans with me. College would not have been as much fun without the two of you and I miss you both like crazy.
Mary is my oldest friend, or should I say the friend I have known the longest. We have been friends since we were just babies. Now we have babies of our own and they look remarkably similar to the pictures of us when we were young. We have grown and changed and our friendship has too, but it is just as important and meaningful to me now as it was then.
Leah was my church buddy growing up. We were some of the only consistent girls in our Sunday school class from grade school through high school. Leah kept me sane and gave me an excuse to not have to sit with my parents during big church. Leah is one of my closest friends now. We both have a kiddo at this point and Leah is always up for an adventure. We walk together and take "fitness" classes together. I love reminiscing about old times with her and also making new memories.
Jennifer was good friends with Leah and so I started hanging out with her towards the end of high school. Jennifer is a friend who convinces me that it is okay to be flexible and just go with the flow. She is a fun-loving girl who loves life and lives it to the fullest. She has a little boy that is a little more than six months older than Claire, so I always asked her for advice when Claire was little. I love getting those two munchkins together and having play dates with them.
My SHS friends are some of the dearest women I have ever met. I consider these ladies my "grown-up" friends. They have only known me since I was a married, professional woman, so they can't hold my youth against me. ; ) I don't know if I would have survived my three years of high school teaching without these ladies. They know who they are, but I feel the need to mention their names anyway: Leecie, Cindy, Allison, Summer, Chelsea, and Kelli. I do miss my students and the classroom part of teaching, but aside from that they are what I miss most from SHS. (Why don't I have any pictures with you girls?!?!? Oh yeah...we were busy.)
Katie - my grad school bestie. I definitely would not have made it through the MAT program without her friendship and constant support. She is my other half. I swear the two of us together can do magic. We came up with some really stellar ideas together. She moved away from me and I am trying to forgive her for that, but it hasn't been easy (yeah, yeah, she needed a job...whatever). I miss hanging out with her and talking about all the craziness in our lives. We are both so busy that it is hard to keep in touch, but Katie - you still mean the world to me and you always will.
There are so many other people I could acknowledge who have played important roles in my life as friends, but I would be up all night writing. So just know that if we were friends I still consider you a friend and I am grateful for the time that I got to spend with you. I hope that I impacted your life in as many good ways as you have impacted mine.
So today I am thankful for my friends.
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