Marry This One!!!

I have incredible friends. I have friends that I've known for my entire life, or what seems to be, and friends that are new, but fit in perfectly. My newest friends, Stephanie and Jan, have only been around for a short while. They became instant family. We've been through a lot more in our short friendship than most people do in years.

Going on. Stephanie was, and so was Jan, Isaiah's preschool teacher. I'm sure you don't generally adopt the preschool teachers as family, but we did. Quickly, Stephanie's youngest daughter and my oldest son developed their 1st crushes. Cute, little crushes. We are determined to marry them off. We laugh about the funny things they do. The way they laugh. The way they fight. The way they push each other and call each other names.

We laugh about their childish chemistry. We smile at the way they ask for each other. We say, "Marry this one. " And, we giggle. We is simply Stephanie and I. (Lol)

Today's blog isn't really about our kids loving each other. It is about the way we love each other. Friendships are incredibly important when you have a bunch of kids. Stephanie has 3+1 kids. (Long story.) I have two boys. The most important part of being a woman is wife/mother, but FRIEND keeps the sanity. FRIEND soothes your soul. FRIEND, be it email or live, is just as important as that first cup of coffee in the morning, that evening glass of wine, and that deep, deep pillow.

Our friends are important. We often don't remember exactly how much they mean to us. We call on them in our darkest hours and depend on them to celebrate the very best ones. They remind us that we are not alone when we often think we are. They are soldiers in the same fight. Allies in our everyday battles.