This is an ode to my very best friends from around the country. I've lived in a little town where they make Gerber baby food - Fremont, MI as a kid. We moved to NW Montana as a teen (or hell as I referred to it.) I moved back to MI and then on to Virginia as an adult. Then we moved to Colorado in . I've lived a little bit of everywhere and all along the way I've gathered great friends - some friends I've recently connected with and some who have been there since the beginning of my so called life.
One of those friends who have stuck by me even when Mike refused to "allow" me to hang out with her recently moved back to Colorado from the wilds of Illinois (are there really any wilds in that great state?) She made a special trip to my office to give me a hug on a day when I was feeling sorry for myself. I remembered something in that moment - that I am special and somebody loves me just for me. When I complained that the bed was too big and cold in the winter and I wasn't sleeping b/c I didn't want to sleep alone Carli sent me a heated mattress pad. When I was having a panic attack (which time?) she stopped what she was doing in IL and talked me through it. She's listened to my cry (not that I've done much of that) and she's listened to me scream and yell and want to throw things.
She is just one example of the kinds of friends I have surrounding me and I am so thankful for them. Who knew when I was an angry teenager moving from place to place that it was just preparing me to gather friends from around the country? Who knew the impact each person would have in my life then and now... Male and female, young and old, new friends and old friends - I salute you all today. I wouldn't be where I am without the love, hugs (I'm getting used to it) and calls - even when I don't want to answer.
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