Friends

friends

Today I received an unexpected package in the mail.
It was from an old friend...
When I say old, I mean we haven't seen each other in almost 20 yrs....
Holy I'm old...OK well so is she then :D

Now this friend was someone I was only friends with for a summer then she moved back home.
I saw her once after that the same year, then never again.
We were 14.

And to be honest, I thought I completely corrupted this girl.
Got her drunk with some older boys and she puked on her sisters bathroom floor.
I'm sure her sister hated me for that one :D

We have since reconnected via facebook.
She has grown to be a lovely and wonderful mother, wife, and woman of God.
She has given me much advice about baby rearing, and just generally been a good listener.

So I get this box of absolutely adorable baby things and a beautiful card...
From someone I haven't seen in 20 yrs! Since I was 14!

It made me realize something....
Its not about the gifts..although I love them :D
It really is about the thought.... that someone from 20 yrs ago thought OF ME...
and my baby girl...
enough to get a nice box and card together and send it!

Made me sad in one way about my own self.
How many people that are important to me that I don't get around to sending something
or calling...
cuz I'm too busy... too tired... etc.etc.....

and how un-special they must feel.

Time to change that about myself and show the ones I care about

just how special they really are before it is too late!

thanks friend,
jodi