Friendship

Today, one of my very best friends had a baby boy! I am So happy for her and her family but it is breaking my heart that I'm not there to celebrate with her. This isn't the first big event I've missed in my friends' lives since we left Texas. I missed her other baby boy take his first steps and I had to find out over the phone she was pregnant with this baby born today. I missed two of my other friends give birth to baby girls. (Thankfully I was able to travel to TX to see one of them but I've yet to meet the other) I missed another friend's baby girl's first steps as well as when she found out she was pregnant again! Not mention all the first birthday parties, halloween costumes, and just the everyday get togethers! And while I am very grateful for videos and pictures, it's not the same.

When we moved to Texas, I had never felt so scared and out of place. Yet it wasn't long before I had made the kind of friendships I never knew existed. And when we found out we were moving, I questioned why God would put these wonderful people in my life only to take them away. Leaving Texas was just as hard as leaving TN was! (and I seriously never thought I would say that!) But I don't ask this question anymore because no matter the distance between us, I know my friends are always there for me and I try to make a huge effort to be there for them as well. Even though we don't see each other daily, not a day goes by that I don't think about them or keep up with their lives in some way. And there have been many days that I couldn't have made it through without a phone call or text from them.

So while moments like the birth of a new baby are hard to not be around for, I am SO thankful to have these wonderful people in my life, no matter how many miles apart we may be from each other, and I hope they are forever!!