To Have A Friend, You Have To Be A Friend

I've been blessed with good friends. I'm closer to some than others. Friendship can be like that. I have some friends that I don't see or talk to for months but then we can just pick up right where we left off. Some people that I was very close to once, life has taken us in different directions, but we will always have that bond. And then we always make new friendships.

Life is hard enough and would be even harder without family and frienships.

Today I spent most of the day being a friend. A dear neighbor is going through some hard times with her children. She called and I could immediately tell something big was wrong. I asked if she wanted me to come over or if she needed to get out and come here. No. She just needed someone to cry to and listen. So she poured it all out and I cried with her. We cried together. We talked for 2 hours and then hung up. By the time the day was done, we had talked about 4 different times each for quite a long time as she shared new details and her sorrow.

I didn't get much of anything done on my 'list' for the day, but what I did do was far more important. As I knelt in prayer in behalf of my friend and her child, I felt the spirit whisper of love and strength, sisterhood, helping to bear one another's burdens. Not that anything about the situation was changed, but that she knew someone loved her unconditionally and she could pour out her heart.

I am grateful for those who have been that friend to me.