Hoppy Easter!

Because I'll be traveling on Easter Sunday, we had our celebration on Saturday.  Everyone who is anyone was here with us!  Well.... ok, my siblings, four of my nephews plus my best friend since sixth grade!  We had the traditional ham, mashed potatoes, green bean casserole, all the favs, and it was delish!  We had some champagne before dinner, wine with dinner, and after dinner drinks were had by some of them, too :)




The nephews are grown up, big enough to help... those sixteen foot boards we brought home on Thursday, the boys put up on the fence today to make it a little sturdier.  Yes, it worked!  Here's Jake on the ladder, wielding the tools.  My brother David handing up supplies.  I know the folks are really happy to have this little project behind them, and so thankful for the help from their grandson!

Here I am with Melanie.  We've been friends now since we were 12.   If you do Melanie Math, that means 30 years.  hahahah  If you do "real" math, its 43 years! That's a long time, and has generated a lot of great memories!







At the end of the day, she and I took a short little walk to Bowers Park, one of the many places we frequented .... some of it has changed, some of it remains the same.  I'm in awe of the trees that are still standing, they're so big and stately --

and if they could talk???

Ohhh the stories they could tell!!!  

*laughs*

Girl Friends

A good friend is a connection to life - 

a tie to the past, 

a road to the future, 

the key to sanity in a totally insane world.  

~Lois Wyse

Thank goodness for Girl Friends!  

When all you want to do is curl up in bed with a gallon of ice cream and hibernate from the world, you can call, and she'll be there for you.

When you're in your car and the tears won't stop, you can call her, she'll be there for you.

When you think your heart is going to burst from the pains, she'll talk you through it.

When you've been MIA for a few days, she'll call you and make sure you're all right.

And when all is said and done, she knows you'd do the same for her.

If you have a friend like this..... let her know how much your friendship means!  

*HUGS*

 

With Your Best Friend??

"What do you do when you fall in love with your best friend?"

Have you ever been asked that question?
Or worse, had it happen to you??

I tried researching it on the web, but so much of what I found has to do with teenagers and their crushes -- which are cute in and of themselves -- but what about later in life? When we're all grown up and finally, FINALLY, come to realize that the best relationships are those we have with the ones with whom we share the most.

When I was little, I was taught the 'fairy tale of romance' .... Cinderella, if you will. That the Prince always finds his way to the Princess. That there's always a happy ending. That he will ride up on his ____ (white horse, motorcycle, Rolls Royce, your choice, its your fantasy :P) and whisk us off our feet, taking care of us forever. Sure, logically speaking, grown people don't always believe in that. But our heart and secret wishes have a way of creeping in and running amok in the logical part of our brain. What then?

I asked my oldest friend (not that she's OLD! (or are you?) but that we've been friends since we were 12 ... ok, that makes us BOTH old!! haha) She had this to say: Falling in love with your best friend is a sticky situation. You don't want to say anything because it might wreck your friendship ... but then again, how long do you hold on ... waiting for him to wake up and realize you're the best thing since chocolate? Do you resign yourself to the unattainable love ... or do you go out and search for a new love ... one that you know will never match what you have with your best friend??

What started more than six years ago now, has blossomed into a wonderful friendship. I cannot imagine a day going by without talking, sharing, all the things bestest friends do. I don't know exactly when it happened, but it did. As I look back, I think the moment it began to turn from friendship to love was when he sent me a song called Hold On, by Tom Waits.

No matter what the future holds, I hope we will always be bestest friends.
And if it were to take a romantic turn? I still hope we're always bestest friends

You've got to hold on, hold on,
Take my hand,
I'm standing right here
You gotta hold on.

Sentimental HUGS for everyone
(especially my bestest friend!)