Friendships

My girls...
My Ang...
My Kimmy...

Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend.
Albert

Lately I have been really thinking about the word friendship and what it means to me. To me a friend is someone who listens and is there for you when you need them the most. They do not judge, they do not use you for their own good, they do not tell others what you have trusted in them the most. Almost all my life I have been better friends with men then women. I always said it was because men are not drama...they tell you like it is and you know straight out what they are thinking about stuff. I like those qualities in a friend. I don't want drama and overreaction. I don't want to be competitive in a friendship... thats not what its about. As I say that I find myself becoming friends with more women as I grow older.

I have a few VERY good friends that I trust with everything I am. One of those people just happens to be related to me...My sister Kimber is my rock. She is there for me whether I'm having a good or bad day. She has been there through all the major milestones of my life. We went to college together. We joined a sorority together. She was by far the best roommate I ever had. We just click and that's not very common when it comes to your family. She was there when I met and married the love of my life. And she was there through the births of both my children. I am so blessed that God let me have her as MY sister and best friend.

The other person I trust with everything that I am and love more then most is my best friend Angela. I meet this lively redhead the first day I started my first job in Dallas. I always joke with her that I went home that night and told Daniel I met a girl who I would NEVER be friends with. Who would have thought that we would become inseperable. We love to travel together and try to take at least one trip a year somewhere fun. She is part of my family and someone I hope to always have in my life. She is now further away then ever before and we are going to have our first year of no travel but I know through it all we with stay as close as we were before.

I have meet some great women since I have moved back to Albuquerque and feel the older I get the more I can put myself out there to trust. Im looking forward to enhancing these friendships for years to come. And I never thought I would say this but... I love my girls!!!