We walked through our first adoptions together. Our friendship was built around the ups and downs of becoming adoptive parents. That was six years ago. Since then they have adopted three more children and we have adopted two more. Currently they have four kids under the age of five and we have three, ages 9, 7, and 5. Tonight they came over for dinner.
Because of the way our lives wound around a crazy path, we don’t get together every week like we used to. We don’t talk on the phone daily. And even though I’m not up to date, minute-by-minute on their lives, I do know they are still our dear friends.
Tonight confirms it. Months have passed between our visits and yet it doesn’t seem like it. Besides our kids getting bigger, time stood still. There is still the easy conversation. There is still the understanding. There is still a solid friendship. For this I am very thankful.
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These are the true friends–soul friendships that cannot be daunted by time. I met my high school mentor teacher at our 45 reunion last summer, and we just started talking and laughing like we had just seen each other yesterday in yearbook class!!!
You are rich in friends!!!!
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Loved hearing about this and can tell this is a deep connection.
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Those kinds of friends are a blessing, aren’t they?
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I love those friendships that can continue after weeks or months of absence without missing a beat! And I am sure the shared experience of adopting made your bond even stronger! Very lucky!
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Hi , Have a happy Women’s day !
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I love the image you’ve included in your post–a big pot of something warm to echo what you describe in your friendships. It seems when we have more children, it gets harder to get together–is it the burgeoning calendar withmany people’s commitments? Perhaps. But I love how even as your lives spooled out, you found time to reconnect. Lovely post.
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I, like Sue, am amazed by the way you seem to weave connecting and relationships into everyday life. I keep returning to the line “Because of the way our lives wound around a crazy path…” and the picture. LOVE my crockpot!
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Uh-oh. Just realized I posted in the wrong place. But I don’t know how to fix it. Sorry!
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Barely made it today.
http://carolwscorner.blogspot.com/2011/03/slice-of-life-7-little-sweetness.html
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What a nice post! This also reminds me of how I feel when I switch between the US and Mexico – even though it might seem like so long since we have been to Mexico, as soon as I get there, it seems like I had never left. The reverse is true when we come back after a few months in MX.
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Oh! I know just what you mean! I love it when friends are “easy” even over time and distance.
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I am in awe of how you fit in these connecting moments with friends during the week. Fun, lasting memories.
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Ruth,
Sounds like a wonderful way to start the week with special friends that fit like a comfy old sweatshirt from college. ~Theresa
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Great slice! Friendship is not bound by communicating daily, but my communicating love and acceptance.
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Playing to a Tough Crowd
http://windows2mylife.blogspot.com/2011/03/playing-to-tough-crowd.html
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You made me think about the days with my friends and kids and collaborating on dinner from many years ago. I miss those days!
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Ruth,
Those are the best and, perhaps, truest, kinds of friendships. I love that you had the opportunity to reconnect and pick up right where you left off. You put me in the mood to do some reconnecting with those friends I haven’t seen in a while!
Thanks!
Carrie F.
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