Best Friend

Today is my best friends birthday. She is 40 today. Wow, is she old . We have been friends since we were 7. That makes 33 years. That is a long time.

I don't see her much anymore. In fact I haven't seen her in over 2 years now. And we've only talked once or twice in that time. But I know she is there and she knows I am here. And when we do get together, it is as though no time has passed.

We really don't have that much in common anymore. She is a globe trotting, single woman, on the pharmecueticals fast track. She has been all over this country and to Europe. She hops a plane like I hop into my suburban.

I am a stay-at-home mom with 4 kids and one on the way (ahem  ) living in the sticks of southern Oregon. I have only to been to (or thru) 5 states and never out of the country. It would take some serious alcohol to GET me on a plane these days.

But when she comes here, we revert back to stupid childhood nicknames. Lame high school stories. Past adventures. And she gets to relive her small town childhood. She milks the goat, plays in the garden, we shop at Goodwill and she worms her way into the hearts of my children just as she did into mine.

I know some woman have friends there husbands don't like. I can't imagine that. My husband enjoys her visits almost more than I do. They talk science and politics  while I try not to look bored and steer the conversation to something else.

She is my best friend. I love her. And I miss her. And if she reads this: COME SEE US. It's been far too long. Happy Birthday JD. And many more.

Blessings.