Friends

I've gone my whole life always having friends. Close friends, acquaintances, male friends, female friends, older, younger etc. In high school I had 2 girlfriends that I considered my best friends. As we graduated and time went on we didn't talk much. Now it's the occasional Facebook comment or random text. Throughout my few years as an adult I've really learned what a true friend is. My husband being in the military was constantly surrounded by men and women with the same work ethic as him. We have made some life-long friends because of the military which is one of the few things I appreciate the most.

My husband and I have several couple friends. What's great is that my husband is a better judge of character than I am, so when he makes friends I almost always make friends with that man's wife/girlfriend. We have some close friends in Arizona. While we don't see them as often as we used to, they're still some of our closest friends. Then we have our couple friends near us, who we used to be close with years ago until we all got stationed in different places. Now they live closer and again I consider them some of our closest friends.

Then there's my best friend...

For the past 2 years I have had the best friend I could have ever asked for. She is like my soul mate and I mean that in the most beautiful way possible. I know I can tell her anything and there won't be judgment. Ironically enough she was my sister-in-law for awhile but then she and my brother-in-law divorced. However, I wasn't close to her until they split up. My husband was deployed at the time and her ex-husband moved to Chicago and we just started talking and hanging out almost every night. We've gone through some ups and downs but always pulled through.

Aside from being able to understand me as a person and woman, she is caring and generous. I have never met anyone as generous as her. We can sit and talk for hours; she can make me laugh and has always been there for me. She’s also one of the few people I have let loose with. While my husband was deployed we would go out all the time and just dance and enjoy ourselves. I don’t think I could have gone through that deployment without her. Now we have a friendship that will always be a priority in my life especially now that she has a baby boy who is one of the many blessings in my life. So if you have a best friend out there, make sure they know how much you love them and appreciate them. NM….thank you for always supporting me, loving me and dancing with me. Wuvins on you! <3