I could list the things we did like; markets, brunch, watching old movies, eating cake and just hanging out... But that wasn't the coolest part of our weekend. The coolest thing was, I finally worked out what the coolest thing in the world is.. It is friends.
Yup, that simply: it is friends. People who share the journey of life and voluntarily stand on the side lines and cheer you on. Now family is cool too, but they HAVE to love you - warts and all - that is their function, but friends, they don't HAVE to do anything, but they do, I love that.
I have an amazing little snatch of friends. I hold onto them dearly. We were thrust together by a haphazard coffee morning and have been inseparable since. We have shared so much life together, that I think we are now permanently linked together, threads in each others' tapestries of life. I could not imagine my life without them.
I have been going through a tough couple of months, for a variety of reasons, which are not cool to go into here. Basically, I am always wishing I was better, thinner, smarter, healthier, smilier etc etc, but these three women in my life (and you know who you are, you gorgeous things) just accept me and listen and love me, and I think that is cool. Through my friendship with these three gorgeous women I have become a much better mother, wife, cook, friend, teacher ... well person really. I am so grateful that they are in my life.
But it is not just my relationship with these three women that give my life its coolness. I have lots of friendships and they all have their degrees of coolness; Friend #435 and I meet once a month for 'prayer' - our husbands think we just talk (pfft what would they know!), Friend #653 and her gorgeous family, share Easter with us every year and we have many catch ups through the year, Friend #198 lives in London and although she is oceans away, text messages and emails keep us in touch, Friend #878 is quite new to my friend list and is so refreshing in her quirky and thoughtful ways it challenges the way that I think and Friend #651 has grown children but shares her life stories and experiences with me.
I love that I have discovered the coolest thing in the world. I also love that it is free, environmentally friendly, decomposes, comes in pretty packaging, sustainable, non-poluting and energy efficient. But more important than all of that it is renewable; it will just keep going on and on.
Yup, that simply: it is friends. People who share the journey of life and voluntarily stand on the side lines and cheer you on. Now family is cool too, but they HAVE to love you - warts and all - that is their function, but friends, they don't HAVE to do anything, but they do, I love that.
I have an amazing little snatch of friends. I hold onto them dearly. We were thrust together by a haphazard coffee morning and have been inseparable since. We have shared so much life together, that I think we are now permanently linked together, threads in each others' tapestries of life. I could not imagine my life without them.
I have been going through a tough couple of months, for a variety of reasons, which are not cool to go into here. Basically, I am always wishing I was better, thinner, smarter, healthier, smilier etc etc, but these three women in my life (and you know who you are, you gorgeous things) just accept me and listen and love me, and I think that is cool. Through my friendship with these three gorgeous women I have become a much better mother, wife, cook, friend, teacher ... well person really. I am so grateful that they are in my life.
But it is not just my relationship with these three women that give my life its coolness. I have lots of friendships and they all have their degrees of coolness; Friend #435 and I meet once a month for 'prayer' - our husbands think we just talk (pfft what would they know!), Friend #653 and her gorgeous family, share Easter with us every year and we have many catch ups through the year, Friend #198 lives in London and although she is oceans away, text messages and emails keep us in touch, Friend #878 is quite new to my friend list and is so refreshing in her quirky and thoughtful ways it challenges the way that I think and Friend #651 has grown children but shares her life stories and experiences with me.
I love that I have discovered the coolest thing in the world. I also love that it is free, environmentally friendly, decomposes, comes in pretty packaging, sustainable, non-poluting and energy efficient. But more important than all of that it is renewable; it will just keep going on and on.
1 comment:
I have totally loved getting to know you better and I am so honoured to call you my friend! You are right - friends are the ultimate coolness.
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