Tuesday, September 22, 2015

A faithful friend

John 15:13 Greater love have no man than this that he lay down his life for his friends.

                In my life I have had fantastic friends. God has graced me with friends perfect for every season of my life.   I have only had one, walk in to my life and change me forever.   My beloved friend Tracy, needs no introduction, everyone knows her name.  She treats everyone with respect and love.  When you talk to her she has a way of making you feel like you are the most important person in the world and worthy of her time and prayers.   I have had moments of self-doubt, anxiety or struggle and she magically appears with my favorite sonic drink and a treat.  She can make me laugh when  smiling feels impossible.  Her patience is immeasurable. I have watched her chase her dog in the rain and mud and never break a sweat or raise her voice.   My children eat her food, destroy her house, and use magic marker on her brand new walls and she loves them as her own anyway.   She is unselfish to a fault and puts herself last in everything that she does.  Last Spring, when I was coaching softball and my husband was working on his business she volunteered to take my kids at every turn and wouldn’t take no for an answer. For five lengthy months she had 5 children to care for after school instead of 3 and never knew that, that act of kindness meant more to me than she will ever know.  She is reliable. Last year, I was struggling to get Hudson’s birthday party together, she arrived like the cavalry, baby on hip, to help in any way that she could. She missed her son’s own baseball game to help me because she knew without her I might crumble.  Aside from being a fantastically selfless friend, she is the mom I aspire to be. I watch her in hopes of her patience and strength rubbing off on me.   We fill our summers with adventure and memories that will last a lifetime. I can’t imagine it any other way.   I am grateful and consider myself blessed to have her in my life, for every birthday, every struggle, every birth and every passing. 


I am grateful you were born, and I am blessed to call you friend.