One of the things I have been cherishing more and more these last few months is love. Of course, the love from our partner and children is beyond special, but I have been thinking about the other people in our lives who we love.
Most, especially my thoughts are on my friendship with other women. Friendships with women can sometimes be hard. We hear silly words like frenemies. With women, often an amount of competition exists. This is silly because no one can really take away what makes us special. Another woman’s beauty, jewelry, or possessions has absolutely no bearing on us. They cannot diminish us at all. In fact, they are maybe people we are jealous of. Let that turn into inspiration. Their beauty is not hurting us. We are hurting ourselves.
In our darkest hours, it is true real friends who are revealed. As in everyones life, I have had to go through dark passages. We have all been in a labyrinth of darkness, pain and fear. It is while we are in these caverns that we find our treasure. Like a miner deep underground, we also find a precious gem. We find a real friend. In finding a gem we should treat it well. And with humor. . .sometimes even naughty dark humor! And presents! Wine, chocolate, a meal – anything to show that you care and are thinking of them. This is one of my resolutions for this year. I am going to show more love and express the thoughts and feelings that I have.
Below is a silly gift I found for one of my friends. She is a person who has stuck with me through some pretty murky paths. During this time she was going through a divorce, and dealing with returning to the workforce. Plus her boys-custody-and all the other heart wrenching issues. Its too much for anyone! Anyway, I saw these and thought they would make her laugh a little. When she looks at them in the kitchen, or in the laundry, or cleaning up messes, they are a little reminder that she has a friend in her corner. We aren’t all alone. Tomorrow, I will show them all dressed up and beautiful!
