Girlfriends!

So any one who has email has seen the cute little emails for 'National Girlfriends Day' and stuff like that...I don't want those forwarded to me...it did not come your heart. It is something that was manufactured and from somebody mind but not yours, you are not sending this to me because this is how YOU feel you are sending it because you have associated those feelings some one else felt with the way you feel about your friends....and even if i don't return it to you, or send it to 12 other people it does not make me a bad friend...This is what I feel I am need to do...

I am at a major turning point in my life, having the Lap-Band surgery is just a small part of that, I turned 35 today. I am happily married to my soul mate, best friend, and the best husband and daddy a girl could ask for. I have a wonderful son who makes me happy beyond belief!!!

And as I have gone through my life, I have lots of 'Girlfriends' who have helped along the way..I will not point anyone out but if you are reading this you know who you are!!!

One of my friends I have had for about 24 yrs we met in jr high, and we have taken different paths, our lives have changed, but we have managed to keep in touch. She is a mommy of 4 kids..and I don't know how she does it!

Someone else....we discovered today it has been 21 years!!!! We thought we were on the path of being sisters..but i think we still are!! We have gone years with out seeing each other and it does not seem that way! I love her and miss her so much. We keep in touch now, and hopefully we will not loose touch again. I would love to sometime in the future we can have a girls weekend retreat and meet somewhere in the middle!

My girls at work...keep me grounded, and in touch. They are an awesome support system for me through good and bad....They make me smile.

Then at the same time i met my Ray, i met another friend, and we have not walked away from each other in all these years. We compliment each other nicely! She was there for me in one of my hardest times, and through my happiest times. I know I can always count on her!

My SAHM friend. Our kids are about a year apart...and my son will marry her daughter...against her daddy's wishes...ha ha ... She is such a great friend. we talk about anything and go through the same things at times and it helps having that person who you know walks the same path you do. I have a lot of respect for her choosing to be at home with her kids, and I do envy that as well.

My Internet buddy, we communicate through email and blogs mostly, but we have met in person and she is an awesome person. Married to someone I have know for 20 years, and she is perfect for him. I am glad we have made friends and even when her house FINALLY sales so we all stop asking and she moves across the country to embark on another adventure, and make new friends. I hope she knows I will always be here a computer click away

One more...her mother has said 'You knew each other in another life'. It is weird. We can finish each other sentences, we could have been twins...except she is YOUNGER and taller...almost amazon tall!!!

To all the other 'girlfriends' in my life who have left a mark good or bad, happy or sad. There are footprints all over me. I have lived and learned from all of you, and appreciate all of the thoughts, feelings, emotions, and experiences I have taken from each and every one of you!