Girlfriends

Have you ever seen someone and knew that you needed to know them?  Knew that that person was meant  to be your friend and to be an integral part of your life? Knew that there was a reason your paths were crossing and when it was right, something BIG was going to happen.   Just at first glance....

It's only happened to me a few times.  Each time, that person has brought me to a place in my life that I never believed was possible.  Each time, that person has become family to me.  Each time, that person has become one of the most important people in my life. 

One of them taught me that who I am is good enough.  She taught me that there is nothing i could do or say to make her love go away... Nothing.  I know this to the very core of my being.  She is closer than family.  She is my rock.  She has become my trusted sister/friend.  I love her dearly.


One of them has taught me that it is ok to question.  It's ok to feel the bad stuff.  It's ok to trust.  It's ok to be who i am and not have to like me all the time.  She taught me its ok to not act like i'm ok all the time.  

The last of them i don't know well yet.  I knew when I saw her a few years ago that i needed to know her.  That she would become important in my life somehow.   Some instinct told me that she would be someone who would change my life in some way and allow me to rummage around in her life for a time.  I so look forward to finding out what is in store for this relationship. What will she teach me?  What will we teach each other?  


Each of these women are strong, loving, feeling human beings.  (They don't know that, but they are.)  Each of them has so much to give to the world.  Each of them surprise me on a daily basis.  Each of them adds to my life in ways they can't imagine.  Each of them continues to teach me something every day.