BFF

When you initially meet someone, you don't really think about if or how he or she will be in your life somewhere down the road. You are probably just in the moment and perhaps enjoying chatting with him or her right then and there. This encounter may be fleeting and that will be it, or he or she becomes and acquaintance that you occasionally have coffee with, or if you are lucky you find that someone who you can truly be a friend, and if you are truly luck you collect a group of friends that make you an even better person. Hopefully everyone has that opportunity where you find that special someone or someones, proverbial soul-mates of a sort. The grown up version of your childhood BFF, that one person that at the age of 8 think the world of and can't live without. Only now as an adult, these are the people that you open a bottle of wine with when you have a bad day at work; then proceed to get drunk with you when you have a really bad day or want to celebrate a really good day, remember the names of boys you currently like, then proceed to give him an interview when you get serious about him, are more excited about what is going on in your life then you are, want to hear the details about your first day of work when you start a new job, tell you the truth when you don't want to hear it, call you out when you make a bad decision, sometimes know what you want even before you want it, and are there to listen without judgement.

I have been been gifted with such friends, an incredible group of individuals. They are the ones that have inspired me and encouraged me. They push me to be a better person and are a reflection of all the strengths and goodness that one needs in life. I am truly blessed to have these phenomenal individuals in my life. I just need to remember to tell them more of how special they are.