Goals

One of my (many) flaws is that I'm a perfectionist. I don't like failing and I am especially hard on myself when I do. Maybe that's why I haven't written New Years resolutions very often. Or maybe ever? This year I did. I wrote out 4 very attainable goals that I had one year to accomplish. 365 days to succeed in accomplishing 4 simple goals. I have 13 days left in 2018 and I will not accomplish ANY of the goals. At one point during the year, I was close to achieving all of them. Now I just see the list taped to my mirror as an epic fail.
Maybe, at the end of the year, I will cross out 2018 and put 2019 and start all over again. Come hell or high water, I will accomplish my 4 simple goals at some point in my life and at some point, they will become that year's resolutions. HA!

Friendships

"Good friends care for each other, close friends understand each other, but true friends stay forever beyond words, beyond distance and beyond time."

Thanksgiving morning I wanted to send out a text to my close friends, letting them know how special they are in my life. By the time I sent it, I had sent it to 8 ladies who I consider to be my closest friends! 8 friends! That's crazy to me that I have 8 ladies in my life that I consider to be close friends. Friends that I can call day or night for any reasons. Friends who will cry with me or simply just listen as I unload. Friends who I can ask for advice or who will keep my confidence. Friends who will laugh with me (or at me) and who help me build lifelong memories.

They are not friends with whom I speak daily. In fact, one of them I usually only speak with once or twice a year. Sadly, they are not friends I see often. Three of them I am happy if I see them every couple years. But, when we see each other, we make the most of our time together. 

Each friendship is unique. Each friendship adds so much to my life. I am thankful for ALL of my friendships but I'm especially thankful that God blessed me with these 8 ladies to get through life with.