Friendship

I just had a great week in Florida getting to spend some quality time with my parents and brother. 
We went to Siesta Key Beach and got to enjoy the 85 degree gulf and the HOT sun and sand. 

I also got to visit with a girl friend that I have only seen a few times in the last 14 1/2 years.  I find it so interesting how you can still connect with friends after all that time.  We used to be very close and attended the same church when we lived in Florida.  Our children were about the same age.  I ended up working for her as a dental assistant.  We were besties.  It was so good to be able to sit and catch up with each other's lives. 

One week prior to going to Florida I also got to spend a few days with another bestie from Tennessee.  We have been gone from there for 10 years and we can pick things right back up like no time has ever passed.  So many things have happened in both our lives during those 10 years.  We each have grown from our experiences, yet we seem to be the same when we are together. 

It has been several years and several moves since I have had a bestie.  There are times when I feel so isolated.  I had always made my connections with people through my children when we homeschooled and belonged to a homeschool group, or we met people through church.  Our church is 40 minutes away now and I do not feel like putting forth the effort to get involved.

I pondered the whole friendship thing on my trip home and realized that I am at a different place in my life now as are my children.  Kristin and I have a new relationship and today she is my bestie.  It is hard to think that 10 years ago we were at odds since I was the "mom".

It is the ever "Long and Winding Road"!