Friendship

What would life be like without my best buds?? Oh, absolutely unbearable!! I literally get teary eyed when I think of my friends..... my best friend's throughout my life, being able to get together without any distractions and catch up, talking, sharing secrets and laughing. Laughing with my girlfriends is the best medicine for me when life gets to be too much. Everything seems easier, even if only for a short time.
One of my best buds, I've known since high school. The guys we were dating at the time introduced us and we've been tight ever since while our significant others changed. We lean on each other through the good and especially the bad, I think that's the true test of a real friendship.... where are they when the times are touch??
It's like a slap to the face when someone I believed was a true blue friend turned on me, manipulating a situation like a director of a soap opera and then denying it when she got caught. It's hard to accept sometimes. A friend's betrayal can be equal to a spouse's betrayal. But then I remember the verse about people being in our lives for a reason, a season, or a lifetime. Accept the lesson and move on. Forgiveness is in there too but that's another entry for another time.
I was told once that "real" friends will go to the wall for you, get in every body's face so you don't have to. Basically fight your battles for you. I couldn't disagree more. Every battle in our lives needs to be fought by ourselves but our friends will be right next to us, holding our hands and holding us up if we need the strength, or courage.....or both.
I'm not a big fan of the big social networks but then I did find some old friends I lost contact with over the years. So I will give it points for that at least.
Do you have friends, close friends ...... best friends, special girls you can get silly with, embarrass yourself around and laugh with until your sides hurt. If you said "yes", say "thank you for being a part of my life".
For me, it's time to say it again so I'll call them right now. No procrastinating. That resolution thing is still a work in progress.

If you got time listen to "Waiting on a Friend" by the Rolling Stones.
I did.