BEST FRIENDS, Someone To Be Thankful For!

Just what is a best friend?

Someone who tolerates the best of you and the worst? Someone who helps you out in good times and in bad times? Someone who is there even if not physically? Someone who is just as they are with you, no phoniness, just them? YES, YES, YES, YES!

My best friend is all of this plus so much more that I can not even put it in words. She is someone I admire, respect, laugh at and laugh with, and yes all of the things above. And believe it or not I have not seen her in a couple of years. She is in pharmacy school and leads a very involved life what with school, her family including grand kids and a beautiful home with a fantastic garden. She is away at school Monday - Thursday and most generally is home on the weekends.

She pushes herself to be the very best at any and every thing. In our lifetime together this has included macrame, kids, cooking, kids, house renovation, kids, exercise, Pharmacy  tech, finances, stained glass, gardening, landscaping, interior design, law, college, pharmacy school and most of all being my best friend.

She is very gifted artistically and intellectually I really envy her. Through everything though she always had time for me no matter what. And yes we did have a period [due to a lie from someone else] that we did not speak at all. I believe that I really mourned during that time the loss of her friendship, then a simple car breakdown and a call to her ( I could not reach anyone else) and she was there. We reconciled and went on like nothing ever happened. NOW THAT IS A FRIEND!

The Thanksgiving Holiday always reminds me of a special thanksgiving we spent together and

we cooked dinner.  We were in our 20s and new at this holiday cooking.  I did my thing and she did hers including oyster dressing, HOWEVER she used her food processor to prepare the oysters, the oysters were pureed and needless to say we did not partake of the dish, once we tasted it.  To this day we laugh at the memory and I am so thankful for the memory, just as I am thankful that she is in my life!

Do you have a "best friend" you are thankful for?  Tell them!

Have a Blessed Thanksgiving!

Heartbreak

It is really hard when you have your heart broken isn't it?

In my life I can remember times that I have suffered from this.

Having my parents disappointed with me, a break up, not getting hired, getting

fired, death of my grandparents, a poor test grade I really did study hard for,

a friend no longer being my friend, miscarriage, divorce, loss of a pet, death of a pet, death of my other grandparents, death of my father. So you see I have had many heartbreaks.

But at this moment my heart is breaking for my husband as he is a part in the end of his dear friends life. I don't know what to say or do. I am walking around quietly, listening and trying to be there for him. His heart is breaking, knowing that his friend will no longer be there. He will miss the companionship, the jokes, the brotherhood of clergy, the deep sharing of Love for Our Lord. I can not imagine how this void in his life will be filled, I only hope that my husband knows that I am here to help if at all possible.

And oh yes, in addition my heart will break when this dear friend of ours is gone. But oh the joy I will feel knowing he is no longer suffering and is able to fully share his Love with Our Lord one to one. I know my husband will experience this joy too.

And I hope this joy will help to heal our broken hearts. But there will always be a little bit broken in our hearts, when our friend has left this earth and gone to be with Our Lord.

SURROUNDED

Do you ever feel "surrounded"?

As I sit here tonight I do. To my left is Tigger, to my right under the cover is Rico, on the floor is Callie, on the back of the couch by my neck is Tommy, barking from the basement is Abby and Lucy is whining a bit. So you think I am surrounded by all of them, but no, they are my protectors because I feel "surrounded" by the mouse that is sneaking around, avoiding the mouse trap. At times Tigger and Callie seem aware there is the mouse lurking about, as I see them focusing on the floor beneath the cabinets. Why is it that a teeny tiny mouse can make a person feel surrounded? Is it that it is sneaky and may be peering at me as I walk about?

I know the mouse is a bit peeved because I have put all food away in the refrigerator, in the microwave or in sealed containers. There are absolutely no morsels around for him, except for the peanut butter in the trap. Eventually the mouse has to get hungry, don't you think?

This is the third mouse this fall....or maybe the second because maybe the mouse just returned. Back in mid October MOUSE #1 came in and I noticed Tigger was staring out the window at a bird or so I thought. I walked to the window and moved the curtain and MOUSE #1 jumped out at me and ran into Mikes office. Tigger ran after it and I thought he was my hero, but no MOUSE #1 got into some boxes and hid. I called out for my hero hubby to help. MOUSE #1 ran out from the box and my hero hubby then shooed him with a broom and that little critter came right at me! Mike was laughing as I screamed, ran into the bedroom and SLAMMED the door! As I stuck my head back out I told Mike to get the Labs and he did and Abby caught MOUSE #1 and she took it outside where he died. Mouse #2 ended up falling into the empty kitchen garbage can and I heard it attempting to escape. I got my hero hubby up and he checked out the garbage can and found Mouse #2. I insisted that my hero hubby take Mouse #2 over to the field and let him run free. So Mouse #2 may have returned or his cousin is here surrounding me.

And yes I do feel surrounded! I am going to bed and leaving my cats to watch for the mouse and hopefully the mouse will get hungry for a taste of peanut butter and the trap will surround him.

GOOD NIGHT:) ML

Beauty Is...

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder...

recently a young lady I know was telling me about her

new main interest. And she said that her newbie

was not very cute, but oh so nice and fun!

I told my friend that to me that meant cute.

I have many beautiful friends, one is very talented,

one is very smart, one is kind, one is funny, one is serious,

one is shy, one is hilarious and one can be pretty sour, but is still

a beauty just because.

The most beautiful friend I have is my husband and even

though I have seen him at his worst he still is a beaut! And believe me he has seen me at my worst and in the profile of his blog he states I am beautiful, after I read that I went to the mirror looked at myself and then even checked to

make sure his glasses were the new ones and not the old.

So I can honestly say; beauty is in the eye of the beholder!

And real beauty does come from within to be seen with our heart.