“Can I invite myself over?” This is code for S.O.S.
Absolutely.
There is something so beautiful about sharing life with best girlfriends. We’ve been there through every season in life… from learning how to use a tampon, to boy crushes, dating best friends a couple times, prom, graduation, 1st loves, losing virginity, marriage and divorce. The tough years of single motherhood. We’ve been there through pregnancies, babies, 1st day of kindergarten tears through teenager years, graduation celebrations, to empty nesters, our kid’s weddings, grandbabies, and several deaths.
This a high-level summary with real life in between.
Think about 2020 and everything one year brings. Times that by 35 years.
I love the quote…
You’ll always be my friend; you know too much
Best girlfriends are one of God’s greatest gifts. They fall in love when you fall in love and they will climb into the muck and cry in brokenness. They are a phone call way during every season in life and they don’t consider for a second to hold back truth and will hurl it unfiltered to get their thoughts and opinions across.
Teen years… 20’s… 30’s… 40’s… 50’s…
Turning 50 together - Summer 2020
When she said, “Can I invite myself over…” I turned on Christmas lights, put out a spread of Christmas snacks and goodies, lit a holiday scented candle, and streamed Christmas music. With the stage set for a warm welcome and a loving hug for one of my dearest girlfriends, we popped open a bottle of wine, sat at the table and talked, laughed and cried for several hours.
She may have walked in frazzled and needing intervention, but several hours later, she walked out happy, light-hearted and with a game plan.
My best girlfriends I’ve shared life with are always a phone call away. We celebrate life together, we are there at the battle line in life when needed, and we share life together. We know the details, the good and bad, the memories, the loves and the losses, and at any day, we are a phone call away.
That is the magic of best friends.
