I forgot how refreshing it is to catch up with close friends. Even though essentially (in a perfect world) close friends shouldn't need to catch up because they're always there...right?! Well sometimes we get caught up in our busy lives and don't always have the time too keep up-to-date, even with the best of intentions.

It's nice to put everything on hold, and just kick back and catch up with friends. It's nice to know what they've been up to, how their family is doing, how their children are growing and just visit.

There's a reason they are close friends, there are reasons we have stayed in touch and those reasons are far more important than we often let on.

I have four very close "girl" friends and a handful of others close behind. My four close friends are scattered across Alberta and BC. Sometimes it really bites, because I just want to have a cup of coffee or sit down to dinner and rehash old memories, just have a girls night, or just be able to see the girls...

At the same time, it's a blessing to know that I am lucky enough to have close friends, that would drop anything to help me, and that I know I would drop everything for. They have shared in some epic and monumental moments in my life, and I hope that we never part ways.

Tonight I had the opportunity to help a friend work through a sticky situation. I won't name names, and I won't go into details. But said friend has quite the prediciment (sp?!) on her hands, and don't hold the answers... only she does. What I did was asked her questions to figure out what she wanted, and then gave her ideas on how to come to a solution for her situation. It pains me that she sat on her problem for weeks because she knew I was happier than I had been in a long time and didn't want to disrupt that. Needless to say it didn't take a lot of convincing to remind her that my happiness will never be sacrificed for a friend. BUT that I find my friends to be a the top of my priorities. I reminded her that she is far more important than a couple minutes of happiness, and that if I am truely happy, it will return after I help figure out a solution. We had a heart-to-heart... just like the old days... It made me miss her, but made me grateful once again to have such an amazing person in my life...

You ladies are simply amazing, and I would be truely lost without the set of you!