Friendship is a wonderful thing, mostly because friends are people you choose to have in your life.
Some of my closest friends I've know since I was a young girl, others I've only met in recent years.
When I think about friendship, I think about being there for someone.
This may be on a day to day basis, or a catch up every few months, or simply via chatting on-line.
Because ultimately friendship comes in many different forms.
Over the course of your life people will wander in and out. Only this week I bumped into a friend who I have not seen for years. She apologised for losing contact, but I am not upset, as I said to her sometimes you just lose friends along the way. Life is a journey, there is so much to handle, and as you get married and have children, so much changes.
This is OK.
When I offered another friend assistance, they told me they were OK, and thanked me for offering to help, they then proceeded to apologise for not 'helping me' enough. I didn't need their apology. They provide me with so much friendship on other levels.
This friend is the one who remembers my children's birthdays and wishes them well.
This friend acknowledges when I have something special happening and will wish me luck.
This friend will note down when I'm going on a holiday and will send me a text to remind me to have fun.
She makes me feel valued, what more could I ask for?
And I'm sure if or when I really need her to 'do something' I know she is there.
The thing about friendship is this..... There are NO Rules.
Hallelujah for friendship in all shapes and sizes.
I'm linking up with Jess over at Diary of a SAHM for IBOT.
Mandy
lost many a friend along the way.. mainly moving countries...
ReplyDeletefacebook and twitter has brought friendships back.. but not in real life.. just the casual chat on facebook..
maybe I should invite them all over for tea.
I have some friendships that started when we were 5 years old... and they are like sisters. But I have made a few cyberspace friends that are just as amazing.... just different. Friendships come in many different shapes and sizes but all are valuable. What a great reminder of that!
ReplyDeleteYou do lose friends along the way and it can be hard to accept. But I think that some friends serve a purpose at a certain time in your life and then you just drift apart. I do believe in lifelong friends, those who stand the test of time, growth and change, they're the best kind.
ReplyDeleteI'm a no rule kind of person with freindships. I just don't have the time to stick to a scheduled frienship. Luckily, my best freinds and I can go a month without seeing each other and when we catch up it's awesome with no crankyness involved.
ReplyDeletethat's exactly how it should be.... easy.
DeleteAbsolutely.
ReplyDeleteThe dynamics of each of my friendships are completely different - all with their own fabulous ways.
:-) x
Different friends for different moods & different occasions ... kinda like shoes hey!
ReplyDeleteMandy that is a wonderful read. Friendships are fluid and we do go in and out of them. Sometimes we come back and resume a conversation of 5 years ago, and others drift away. A long time ago I decided that I couldn't keep up the one-sided friendships as they zapped me. So, I am happier now finding many new friends ( you included!) who I never may have met before beginning a blog! Here's to friendship! Denyse x ps here from #teamibot too
ReplyDeleteI could never have dreamed in a million years that people I'd meet on the internet would warm my heart.
DeleteInteresting that I planned to catch up with a close friend this week already. I love my friends to the moon and back!
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing! :)
Thanks for this post. I needed the reminder that friendships come in different ways. I feel if I decided to move, I would be lonely, but I guess with social networking and phones I'll still be in contact with my friends :)
ReplyDeleteOh Mandy, this post made me cry. I loved it! And very, very true, thank goodness for friendship :)
ReplyDeleteP.S. I'm loving the chevron background.
I read this post just at the right time. Friendships are fluid. Some are effortless and you catch up a few times a year others need cultivating. I have neglected a few of mine lately. Your friend sounds so giving. What you give out you get in return. Thanks for your comment @ Lovely Jubbly Mummy. I'm trying not to beat myself up but it doesn't come easily. I'm a work in progress. Xx
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