Friends

My mom emailed this to me and told me that I needed to read this right now. She was right. She knows my struggles in my life right now as well as many others that do too and this was exactly what I needed to hear. I never feel accepted and I analyze everything to much. I look at people and automatically assume that they don't like me or they don't want to be my friend. I am working on this and I am realizing that Heavenly Father puts people in your life sometimes for a short time and for a specific reason and it okay to move on. Here is the email my mom sent to me and it fits perfectly.


GIRLS IN MY CIRCLE

When I was little,
I used to believe in the concept of one best friend,
And then I started to become a woman.
And then I found out that if you allow your heart to open up,
God would show you the best in many friends.
One friend is needed when you're going through things with your man.
Another friend is needed when you're going through things with your mom.
Another will sit beside you in the bleachers as you delight in your children and their activities.
Another when you want to shop, share, heal, hurt, joke, or just be.
One friend will say, 'Let's cry together,'
Another, 'Let's fight together,¢ Another, 'Let's walk away together.'
One friend will meet your spiritual need,
Another your shoe fetish,
Another your love for movies,
Another will be with you in your season of confusion,
Another will be your clarifier, Another the wind beneath your wings.
But whatever their assignment in your life,
On whatever the occasion,
On whatever the day,
Or wherever you need them to meet you with their gym shoes on and hair pulled back,
Or to hold you back from making a complete fool of yourself ..
Those are your best friends.
It may all be wrapped up in one woman,
But for many, it's wrapped up in several...
One from 7th grade,
One from high school,
Several from the college years,
A couple from old jobs,
On some days your mother,
On some days your neighbor,
On others, your sisters,
And on some days, your daughters.

So whether they've been your friend for 20 minutes or 20 years,
AND ONLY IF YOU'D LIKE TO,
Pass this on to the women that God has placed in your life
To make a difference.

Even after reading this I still am trying to grasp the concept that it's okay. But also to have boundaries with those friends so that you don't smother them and that you will appreciate them for what they have done for you and they can appreciate you for what you have to offer them. Thank you to all my friends! Thanks to my mom for sending me this for raising me, for sticking by me when she was my only friend. Even though I didn't have a sister and I don't have a daughter. I have an amazing father who is a great listener and has help me through some of the roughest times in my life. My mother that was there for me when I didn't know how to be a mom. That helped to raise Jordan when I was a single mom; she was always there helping me and supporting me. I am also thankful for an amazing brother that was always there for me to protect me and let me be the tag along. I know for him it was very hard to be my brother but he did it and didn't complain about it... I love you Bret. Your an amazing brother and I want to thank you. I am so glad that we are trying to become closer. I know one day I will get daughter-in-laws and I will treat them like my own. I have been blessed to have many good friends in my life. Some of which have moved on now but they still left an imprint in my life. Others that I talk to every now and then and some of the fortunate few who will pick up the phone and get stuck on the phone for hours. LOL :) I love each and every one of you for different reasons. There are people that have influence my life and reached out to me that have no idea what impression they have made on my life. I am blessed to have wonderful people in my life....