The Gift of Friendship

Differentiating between friend and foe has been a life long struggle of mine. Mainly because the life I live now, is so far removed from the life I was born into. Which often limits the things I have in common with other women. Despite that fact, I've learned regardless of the differences we may have in our upbringing, lifestyles, or passions...God has blessed me with the greatest of friends. Which has allowed me to see what true, unconditional, friendship really looks like.

It looks like a friend showing up at your house in the middle of the night, when you just learned of your father's tragic death.

It looks like a hospital full of beautiful faces, filled with joyful tears, while welcoming your baby into this world.

It looks like random texts saying they are praying for you and love you.

It looks like your son's favorite sweets showing up on the front porch, after he broke his foot a week before his biggest soccer game of the year.

It looks like showing up to support your daughter's singing competition.

It looks like coming to your house to check on you, when you literally can't get out of bed.

It looks like a line of cars in your driveway, waiting to hold you, when you lose a baby.

It looks like blessing your single mother, daughter, abundantly.

It looks like a home-cooked meal, when you are too sick to feed your family.

It looks like long phone calls, where you are free to be unapologetically raw and emotional.

It looks like celebrating all of life's wonderful moments; weddings, births, graduations. But, also, life's trials; death, divorces,  and losses.

It looks like a lifelong gift, given to you by God himself.

It looks like love♡