You've Got a Friend

It has been one of those days where I am always surprised by the people that I know. Most of the time, I know that there are people who love me and I can call friend, but it never really feels like that because so many of them are so far away and for the ones that are close by, our lives are in such divergent streams, it feels like they may as well be a million miles away for all the good it sometimes does me.

So a day like today is rare. Where I can sit down with three of my good friends (it could have been four but a last minute plan means less people may be able to make it a part of theirs) and just have a good laugh, talking about the mundane. Pets and life and snow and whatever else crossed our minds. And chocolate (so, yes, definitely some very good friends indeed). I have forgotten how nice it is to just be out with people, experiencing something new and finding something wonderful in Miami (of course, north Miami since everything further south seems to just feel a bit tainted). I have missed that and I need to ensure that more opportunities like that find themselves to me (or, if it is not about the opportunity finding me, but me creating it, then I need to be more proactive).

The other thing that has amazed me recently about my friends is how appreciative they are of the little things. I have been brought to tears by messages that my friends sent me within the past few weeks, just checking in but also letting me know that things I do mean so much to them and why. It touches my heart to know that the people who matter to me are also the people I matter to, because there is nothing more true than friends are hard to find. And, perhaps I should add, all the more precious when you realize that you have them.