FRIENDS

I can not believe how fast time is going. It has been over a month since I have been here & if it were not for Jessica, I would not be on tonight. She caught me on line e-mailing and told me to post. So here I am.

It is amazing how friends work. When I was little my friends were my family, I had no clue they were my friends then but now I know they were my first true friends. Then as I got older and started to go to school, I met more people who were my friends but have since become acquaintances. It is really heart wrenching when you think about it. You write in autograph books and yearbooks - BFF, Friends Forever, 2 good 2 be 4 gotten. And then you move on and forget them.

You really get to know who your friends are when you go through hard times and we all have had our share of bad times. They are there for you when your dog dies, when you break up with the love of your life and they are there when you meet the next love of your life. They are there when you get married, have your first child and second child and 2 days later when you have your third kid. They are there when you and your husband are having hard times. When your kids are driving you nuts you turn to them to compare horror stories, they make you laugh and tell you things will get better.

You know when friends are more than friends, it is when your kids call them Aunt and call their kids cousins. It's when you feel like giving up because everything sucks but they talk you back down to where you need to be. When you can't imagine life without them. When you think to yourself.... I would give my last breath if that is what they needed.... That is how you know what a true friend is.

True friends to me are really FAMILY.

So now after all these years of making friends I can truly say that my family are still my true friends. That list consists of:

Mike, Josie, Debbie, Bill, Theresa, Patti, Michael, My wonderful husband Marty, my 3 beautiful kids, Mary Jo, Michael, Marty Jr., Toni & Jessica.

Thank you Jessica for making me post today.