By: Samantha S. Daviss
I truly believe that friends are in your life for three
purposes…a reason, a season, or a lifetime. I have been blessed to be touched
by friendships and relationships for all points of time.
I had high school and college and early 20s friends that you
think will be in your life forever, but they are there for a reason. Maybe to
help you through a hard time, or to introduce you to something new in your
life, or to allow you to see the world from another point of view. Regardless
of the reason, and regardless of the amount of time they were in your life…you
will never forget them and you will always treasure them for their purpose in
your life.
Then there are those friends or relationships that you think
will be around for the long haul, but sadly they dissolve at the end of their
season. Whatever the purpose or reason was for their stay for that period of
time in your life, they too served a very important purpose for you, your
surroundings and your life. Maybe they introduced you to your significant
other, maybe they taught you want it meant to lose a friend, or maybe they
taught you what it was to have trust in some one and that trust disappears, yet
you survived.
Either way, they were there for a while and now it is time
to move on, remember the good memories, and realize that you grew apart; but
while it lasted it was wonderful.
And the “forevers”, “the besties”, “the mind readers”…these
are the friends that have been with you forever, they are your lifetimes. They
know what you are going to say before you say it. They may not have been in
your life too terribly long at this point, but you can tell they are here to
stay. They are the ones that have seen you at your worst, have held your hair
while you hug the toilet, the ones that get you dressed as you’re being
discharged from the hospital, and the ones that have picked you up (literally)
off the floor when you have hit your absolute rock bottom.
These are the friends that have seen you on your happiest of
happy days, and been there for you on your worst of sad days; and they still
love you no matter what. They are the friends you include in holidays, or call
at 2 am because you need to. They are the friends you sleep next to even though
your husband lost his place in the bed, because they had too much to drink that
night. They are the family with whom you don’t share bloodlines.
As friends come and go and stay forever, you are constantly
meeting new people and welcoming them into your life. And recently I was privileged
to have this experience with a wonderfully crazy group of gals. Some I knew,
some I had never met before, but they were all amazing from our introduction;
as if I had known them my entire life.
It’s nice to know that when you are making a transition in
your life; be it a large one or a small one, that there are people at the other
end to catch you in case you fall along the way somewhere. And it’s nice to
know that you just might fit in to your new life, wherever the road may take
you.
These gals I had the privilege of meeting, knew not a
stranger. They were hilarious, warm, funny, and just down right full of
southern charm. I love opening a back door, walking into a group I don’t know,
and no one stares, they all start talking to me as if we had been sisters for
life.
So cheers to my reasons, my season, and of course my
lifetime friends! And a big howdy to all my new gals…here’s to hoping for “forevers”.
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