This past week-end I got spend time with my friend.....not just any friend, a friend whom I have known for over 25 years. Her family is building a Lake home on Silver Lake and she had to meet with the builder , make some decisions,and we decided to do a "house cleaning" before the next phase started.
We decided to make it a slumber party, watched a movie and just talked about life. The next day we worked hard , talked about colors and envisioned what the new house would look like but also the the type of Lake house they wanted this to be.
I am writing about this because this friendship is kinda unique. It started with me babysitting for her kids and then adding my own. We went to a different church, our kids went to different schools. They were very large family farmer and we were just a small family farm. But....we just connected at the heart. Now some times we don't talk for weeks but the friendship stays just the same. We love and care about each one of our children, we pray for their marriages, their dating life and our grandchildren. We used to talk of toddlers, sleepless nights and receipes. Now we talk of grown up kids, their choices and their chosen paths, we talk about our faith, our own walk with God AND we talk about our grandchildren!! There just isn't anything better than having grandchildren in our lives to love and care for!
I have wonderful memories of spending time with this friend.........we worked in our houses.....we demolished things and made them look wonderful again!!! (sometimes with our husbands help and sometimes with out) We painted many , many rooms and wallpapered many little corners. We loaded up all our kids in the motorhome once and headed to Yankton campground......5 kids and a cage of bunnies that had to be dropper fed every few hours. Their family taught us the "art " of camping. We have done it every year since! We took our kids to Pumpkinland and the zoo. We loaded up and went swimming, had picnics and rode horse in the Black Hills. We shared our thoughts, we laughed and we cried. We lost our father-in-laws quite suddenly, she lost a precious baby boy less than 2 weeks after I had Daniel. Our friendships in this life are precious...don't take them for granted. Take time to call your friend, pray for her and her family, make time to laugh and be there for her to cry. Get on the phone ....touch base with an old friend today.
