aM I tOO oLd To bE yOuR fRieND?

Am I too old to be your friend? Would you walk by me at Mother’s Day Out or at the 4th grade Halloween Party because I am 48 and you are 25 or 30? Is friendship all about age? . . . . Is it?

Friendship makes a trip to the hospital to put socks on your feet, which you cannot reach, so you can walk, like the doctor ordered, after your baby was born. Friendship answers the phone call to pray for a child – no details needed, no questions asked – friendship just prays. Friendship helps you give your child that first breathing treatment at home or helps with hand-prints on t-shirts at birthday parties. Friendship brings you a chocolate martini at your son’s wedding – just because. My particular friends enjoy my humor! Friendship knows you at your ugliest and loves you better for it!

One friend had me on her bathroom mirror – my name, that is, on a post-it note. She prayed for me daily. When my husband was in Chicago on business for the entire Fall semester (except for weekends), she brought my family homemade Mac ‘N Cheese. She was over 75 years old. She’s in heaven now and I really miss her. I am glad I had the courage to seek friendship in unexpected places. That’s where you find the best of friends.

I ♥ my friends. They are each gifts from God.

Christina and Alisa at Sanctified Together have just released their November edition – and, so perfect for True Love Month (see definition in previous post) – it is full of stories, devotionals, and encouragement about relationships. The English Composition Teacher within me loved. loved. loved “Five Paragraph Christianity!” – If everybody has a little geek in them, teaching comp is where my geekiness shows.

I contributed, “Learning to Look Beyond Our Expectations” – that is where those enriching friendships that are amazing are – beyond our expectations. Please check it out!