Today was a hard morning followed by a great afternoon. I met up with a friend and we took my two daughters to see the new Twilight movie. I pushed myself to go because I had three others relying on me. If it hadn't been for them, I probably would have stayed home. All in all, I'm glad I went.
After spending just a small amount of time with my friend today, I realized that I'm am so thankful for the strong, funny, intelligent female friends I have in my life. I tend to choose my close girlfriends very wisely and I have a hard time letting females get too close. But I wasn't always this way. I used to allow myself to open up to just about anyone posing as my friend. After A LOT of rumors, backstabbing, and broken promises, I learned to guard myself. I put up a few dozens walls or so and cut myself off from people because I just couldn't handle the hurt anymore. As I got older, I realized that maybe wasn't quite the way to handle things so I started to put myself back out there. I still had my guard up but missed having close friends to relate to.
Time went by and I can now say I have some absolutey amazing friends in my life. With age I've learned that it's not the quantity of friends but the quality that counts. I'm so thankful for these women in my life, I'm thankful for the time I get to spend with them, the way I can confide in them, the times they have made me laugh and the times that they have let me cry. I will always make it a point to let them know how much they mean to me. I know now what a true friend should be and will take what I have learned from them to forge new friendships.
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