[Nchilada5]

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My sister in Cali just sent me this - I thought y'all might enjoy it

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's best is needed when you're
going through things with your
man. Another friend's best is needed when
you're going through things
with your momma.
Another when you want to shop, share, heal,
hurt, joke, or just be.

One friend will say let's pray together,
another 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 what ever their assignment in your life,
on whatever the occasion,
on whatever the day, or where ever 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,
several from church, on some days
your mother, on others your sisters, and on
some days it's the one that
you needed just for that day or week that
you needed someone with a
fresh perspective, or the one who didn't
know all your baggage, or the
one who would just listen without judging...
those are good girlfriends/best friends.

Men are wonderful, husbands are excellent,
boyfriends are awesome, male
friends are priceless... but if you've ever
had a real good girlfriend,
then you know there's nothing like her!

I thank my girlfriends, those who honor
intimacy, those who hold trust
and those who just got your back when you
feel like life is just too heavy!

I thank you. The special bond we share,
that's unique to us.

The words we've shared. The prayers we've sent up.
The laughs, the tears, the phone calls, the emails, the shopping,
the movies, the lunches, the dinners, the late night talks, afternoon talks, the weekend talks, shop talk, all the talking, talking, talking
and the listening, listening, listening....

So whether you've been there 20 minutes or 20 years, I love ya!