FRIENDS!

Today I have been thinking about my friends and how thankful for each of them I am and what each of them bring to my life.

First, I want to thank My Heavenly Father for giving me all the friends that I have. I believe that HE had a hand in this! :) And I want to give HIM all the credit for the awesome friendships that I have had over the years.

I want to say that I have three awesome online mommy groups that I have made some lifelong friendships in! I cherish all of the friends I've made through those groups. I have learned so much from them and grown as a person, a wife, and a mommy from all of those ladies.

Today I want to talk about three special girls that have been through a lot with me, and put up with a lot from me. They are Natalie, Heather, and Tiffany. I don't know what I would have done if God didn't put these three girls in my life!

First, I will talk about Natalie.....I met Natalie about 23 years ago! We were 3 years old at the time. My parents had divorced and I was going to my dad's every other weekend and at the time he lived with my memaw. Next door to my Memaw live Mary Bell and across the street lived a lady named Denise with twin daughters about my age. Mary Bell and My Memaw have lived next door to each other for a LONG LONG time, I will have to ask my dad about how long. Denise and my dad grew up together. Mary Bell is Denise's mom and Natalie and Ambers grandma.

Well, one day and I have vague memories of this, I don't remember all the details but I do remember some. My Unlce Mike who also lived with my Memaw took me to Denise's house to introduce me to Natalie and Amber....aka "the Twins" LOL!! They hated that when they were younger! Since then Natalie and Amber and I have been friends. I don't really see or talk to Amber as much as I used to but Natalie and I have remained VERY close. We've been through a lot together! Heartbreaks and happy times. We've even had our fights here and there. Even when I lived in GA and we were at two VERY different places in life we remained close. I was married with kids and Natalie was in College. She even came to visit us in GA because she is awesome like that!! We have MANY MANY memories and fun times together!
Now that we are both mommies I think we are closer than ever!

Natalie, I don't even know if you read this but you mean more to me than you know. I cherish our frienship and thank you for sticking by me even through the hard times we've had together. Thanks for being there for me even during my weakest moments. For listening to me rant and rave about everything and anything and not being or annoyed with me or at least not showing me you were annoyed! :) Thanks! I love you!


The other two girls have the same story kinda...

I will start with Heather.

Heather and I went to Middle School together but we didn't really hang out at all. Our friendship started our Spohmore year in High School in Mr. Logan's Chem Com class. Which is where we also met Tiffany when she arrived from Wisconsin! I don't konw the three of us just hit it off! We've been friends for 11 years! We've also been through a lot together. Heartbreaks and Happy times! Weddings and babies! Both of these girls have been there for me a lot! They both mean a lot to me and I cherish the friendship we all have.

Tiffany and Heather,
Like Natalie I have no idea if you guys even read my blog but I wanted to say Thank you for your friendship and to let you know that I cherish the friendship that we have! You guys have been there for me through some hard times as well and I am so thankful that God gave me such great friends that I know I can rely on!



I don't know why I felt the need to be sentinmental today but I really felt like I needed to put my thoughts into words. And to publicly (well kinda) thank those friends that mean a lot to me.

To all my friends:

Thank you for being you and being my friend. I cherish all the friendships I have!