I really got to thinking the other day about friendships, after hearing my sweet daughter come home upset about a girl at school not wanting to be her friend. I consoled her the best I could and told her that everything will be ok. Now that I am an adult and have kids I don't have as many friends as I used to. I have a lot of acquaintances, but the people who I actually call my loyal true friends are very few. Growing up I always had one very best friend who to this day is still my best friend and she probably will be until the end. I have never really understood having a ton of friends, that just isn't me. I know that there are other people in the world who have lots and lots of friends and that is the way they like it. What I have a hard time understanding sometimes is how people can be really close friends and then someone else walks in and they are no longer friends. I watched this happen to one of my very good friends and she struggled with it for quite sometime. She has since moved on with things and grown to look past it, but still doesn't understand it. I know firsthand that in friendships there can be falling outs and that not all of my friends are going to like each other, but those are the people that I like and who I choose to be my friend. As adults we have the right to choose who we want to associate ourselves with and whom we don't. I have come to realise that good true friends are kind of hard to come by and when you have that one friend who you can confide in and you can trust them with your life you need to hold onto them. So I ask that after reading this blog you also take a step back and look at those friendships that have come and gone and always treasure the ones you have and hold dear because you never know when it will be gone for whatever reason.
Hugs
~K~
