I have some really great friends.

This week, I got phone calls from two friends who I haven’t talked to in a while. One needed to vent a bit and knew I would lend an ear and the other just wanted to share something funny that had happened that day, but it was so good to hear from both of them. I miss having real friend nearby who I can not just joke around with, but also talk serious with, and have a good time out where we all get our troubles unloaded and listened to at the beginning and then we just act crazy the rest of the day. I have missed having a girls day/night out. I got one today though. My friend, Sarah, drove up and went to Sunday School and Church with us. The sermon was really good, about Jesus’ baptism by John the Baptist. Then we all went to Wendy’s to eat. Jeremy took the kids home after lunch and Sarah and I went up to IKEA to find something she was looking for. We talked and laughed and sang and joked around. It was really good. The tension headache that I’d been getting from stress eased up and decided I wasn’t worth bothering, so it left. I am feeling so much better now. I think the last time I really got away from my kids and had a day out with a friend was at Thanksgiving time. Jeremy and I had our last date at Thanksgiving too and we are both in desperate need of another one sometime, but I don’t think it will be happening anytime soon. We don’t know of anyone up here that would babysit for us.

I also have some great friends here online too. I may not be able to ever really meet some of you, but I want you to know how much I appreciate you. So, to all of my readers… I love you all and I am so glad that I am able to connect with you so easily. To Phisch and Dana, my first readers… you have encouraged me and laughed and shared your lives with me for such a long time. We’ve been pregnant close to the same times and that experience has really brought us together To Martin and Melody… I love that I have been able to reconnect with you after so many years and this time, we are staying in touch. To my mom… I miss you very much and am so glad I have such wonderful support from you. To everyone… I pray for anyone who comes across my blog. There is never a stranger to me, just friends who read and don’t comment. I know there are some of you out there who don’t ever comment and may never have left a comment on here and that’s okay.