This weekend I decided to take a "down day." With so much running around lately and hectic schedules I was just feeling the need to take a really deep breath. So we spent the morning catching up around the house, doing way too many loads of laundry and all of those chores that just get pushed to the side when you have life breathing down your neck.
In the afternoon, I picked up my girlfriend and we went to a gift show. Wandering the aisles, stopping to look at everything, no time restraints, uninterrupted hours to talk. It was heavenly. We both have a lot of heavy feeling things going on right now, and it was a great time to just really process through things out loud. There is nothing better than that friend you know you can say anything and everything and not only will they not judge you, but they will actually understand exactly how you feel.
We've talked many times about how at this stage in our lives, when schedules are crazy and the kids are small, we feel like we have fewer girlfriends than at other points in our lives, but the friendships that are there are so precious. You know the ones. The ones that don't feel like work. The ones that the effort comes naturally and you don't even think about it being an effort, because it's just not. There's nothing better than that girlfriend. And those times when you get to spend an entire afternoon and evening together, nothing compares.
And so we shopped. And shopped some more. And ate together. And shared some cheesecake. And shared our hearts. I'm so refreshed. Because it's with those friends, especially, that you realize you really can do this thing called life. And you can do it well.
Do you have one of those girlfriends in your life?! If so, give her a call. Make a date. And treasure her, because she's just that special.
True friends are priceless.
Posted by: Dayle | November 10, 2009 at 10:07 AM
I love this post! I had to chuckle a bit though, because it is really quite similar to mine--time out with friends is like lifeblood to our souls....
Posted by: Cynthia @Running With Letters | November 10, 2009 at 10:27 PM
sounds like a day with a friend is just what you needed. oh those precious friendships... when you can anything and everything, or nothing at all!
Posted by: Dawn | November 11, 2009 at 10:06 AM