Meet my girls.
For almost 10 years now, the gorgeous gal on the left has been my best friend. We have walked through newlywed awkwardness, new-mama sleeplessness, thick {waistlines} and thin {wallets}, blissful friendship and miserable disappointment {in each other}, and the sweet friendship we revel in today couldn’t be stronger, because of our rich history together.
And then 5 years ago, seeing awesomeness attracts awesomeness…we found her, the beautiful babe in the middle. She has taken our friendship to a whole new level. We adore this precious addition!
I couldn’t possibly be more honored to call them friends. not to mention, “besties”.
Sometimes I feel a little guilty about the fact that I am so ridiculously surrounded by wildly wonderful women. I mean, surrounded! I was birthed by one, I’m related to three, I scored many when I married my husband {he has fabulous taste in female friends!}, I go to church with them, I work with them…I just seem to “collect” them…seriously, I even live on the same street as them!
Gorgeous, fabulous, talented, passionate women.
{so blessed, I am!}
You may recall my besties and I escaping last year for a weekend away to one of our momma’s gorgeous homes in the country. Well, it only made sense to repeat something as glorious as that. Especially with one of our trio heading out into the mission field overseas in November. For 2 years {sniff sniff}.
So, with my hubby whisking our lovely loin-fruit away for a night to a friend’s cabin, us girls took the opportunity to escape from the whirlwind of life this past weekend…to eat and laugh and drink and cry and eat and sleep and play. And eat. And down copious amounts of coffee.
And eat.
We were pampered senseless….
Wildly delicious {& healthy} food, homemade chocolate muffins & cookies, massages, a little vino with raspberries while our feet soaked, and a much-anticipated sewing tutorial.
I made my first bag. Well, my first anything. And I feel like a rock star. Just sayin’.
{I just adore that sewing-arm-tattoo shot…way to work the camera, sweet B!}
We had a most fantastical time soaking each other in, catching up on each other’s families, laughing about deliciously naughty things, praying for each other, and just drinking in the vibrant life that bubbles up when we get together.
It’s a beautiful thing.
Friendship – the heart-naked, unpretentious, dangerously raw type – has wrecked me in the most beautiful of ways, and I am who I am today because of the patience and persistence of those who have walked closely alongside me on this delicious journey of life.
{insert contented, happy sigh here}
“I would rather walk with a friend in the dark, than alone in the light” Helen Keller
