In my life, I have had the wonderful pleasure to be surrounded by some truly amazing women, family included. I wanted to take some time to talk about the wonderful women of my neighborhood who have become extended family to me and have taught me, loved me, inspired me, and supported me. I am consciously leaving family out of this…so no one get your feelings hurt! : )
Cristen: My first friend I met here. We were going to the gym at the same time and have boys the same age. Our friendship has grown and our support of each other increased last year as both of our husbands travelled out of state for work (hers has traveled weekly for years, mine’s just started last year). There is a strong support and bond between us that I know she has my back and I hope she knows I have hers. She understands my frustrations, my complaints, my successes about being a “single during the week” mom like no one else and I absolutely love her for it! She has a genuine strength to her that is admirable.
Dawn: Dawn was the primary president when we moved into the ward. I was asked to help out in the primary and I didn’t know her yet. She kept talking to me and I kept thinking, “This woman is SO happy and SO chipper! I need whatever it is that she has!” I got to spend time in the primary as the chorister over the next two years-ish and got to know Dawn. Yes, she is chipper, but she is so genuine. I secretly crave her approval and want to be around her because she just makes things better. She recently wrote a blog entry about not having control over what happens in your life. You can only control how you react to it. I so needed to read that. She mentioned that she was consciously making the choice to “Choose love” in her life. What a great example to me-to choose love and happiness. I swear…I want to be Dawn when I grow up.
Andrea-This wonderful, amazing, compassionate women lives down the street from me. She truly is an angel in human form. She has 5 kids, but would never turn down a request for help. In fact, she sometimes turns me down when I tell her I don’t need help, but she knows I secretly do. I can’t say enough about Andrea other than that I just love her and am so honored to know her and call her my friend!
Shelby-My green-thumbed neighbor. I spend a lot of time talking to Shelby on the phone, usually in brief sentences that start with, “Claire(or Emma) wants to know if Emma (or Claire) can play.” Since we have just one house between hours, that conversation happens a lot. But I usually get to talk to her for a few minutes after we set up the playdate and get my Shelby-fix. Shelby is just so energetic and darling that she always makes me feel better being around her and she makes me want to garden (which I did start this year after taking her gardening class). She’s so creative. Her house and yard seem to always have an upgrade going on that’s just fun to watch!
I’m wrapping up (for today only…there are so many others to mention), because my children are begging me for lunch. Seriously, begging….I’m going to make them wait just a few minutes more! hehehe!
Janae-I have known who Janae was for a few years, but only recently started a friendship with her because our daughters, who are the same age, have become friends. Janae is a pillar of strength to me. Through all that life has thrown at her, she is such a positive person who I swear could be another sister. She organizes her closets by shirt color…she’s like my twin. Hmmm…I need to ask if she alphabetizes her movies and CDs too? She understands my frustrations of fashionable shoes versus functional shoes too. She inspires me to be a better person, to be a better mom. To take time to “enjoy the journey,” because NO ONE (on earth, that is) knows how long our journey is.
I’ll add more fabulous women in another post. I’m so blessed and thankful to have these AMAZING women in my life daily. See why I love it here?
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