Friends...till the end...right?

I often come across the same verse about friends, they come into your lives at different seasons of your life, and for different reasons.  Have you ever had a friend that stayed? Through it all? Across the miles and over the years?  I have many friends who have come and gone, and many who are still in my life today.  But, today there is one who stands out in particular.  I would have to say, she is my oldest friend.  We've know each other since birth, and I refuse to disclose that confidential bit of info that reveals our ages! lol...

So today, I would like to dedicate this post to her!

I know she's always been in my life, but my strongest memory of her started in grade school, when she moved into my school from a neighboring town.  We had always been friends, but this would be the first time we went to school together.  I can remember it like it was yesterday!  I was so excited that she would be there with me and be friends with my other friends.  Little did I know they would not be so open to accepting a new kid on the block, but that didn't matter to me, she was my friend and I held my guns!
Fast forward a few years, and I moved away.  She wrote me constantly and surprised me with a few visits along the years.  As time would have it, I moved back just in time to be honored to be her maid of honor, and watch her become a mom for the first time.  Time went on, I became a wife and mother and our children became play mates.  Our lives were intertwined.  We've shared laughs and tears, deaths and triumphs, new cars, new phones, new houses...but life has a way sometimes, of getting in the way, for all of us.
Things creep in, hard feelings, lack of time, etc. and relationships become strained...
I got a message from my friend last week, that summed it all up!  Even though we may not be joined at the hip now, and cant make those walmart runs together, does not mean our friendship is over, it's just changed a bit. 

I encourage you today, to rekindle those friendships gone astray.  Don't wait for someone to make the first move, you do it!  Make things right and tell that friend what they mean to you! I hope I just did!