You have been my friend. That in itself is a tremendous thing. "Charlotte from Charlotte's Web"
So I'm sitting here with my laptop on my lap :) I feel an overwhelming sense of being loved today!
Friends, what does that word conjure up for you? I looked it up in my online dictionary what the definition of a friend is...this is what they say: a person attached to another by feelings of affection or personal regard.
What is a friend to you? A friend to me is someone who is there for you 24/7, sometimes they just listen, or embrace you in a hug, make you laugh, or cry, and sometimes they offer advice, whether it be good or bad......and sometimes, they provide you with all you need to get through a day!
After Savannah died, I lost alot of 'friends', I think my grief and loss was too hard for some. Before my daugther died, I was one of those girlfriends that you wanted to have around, when times were good and I would dance on an occasional table or be funny, ....but then the times set in when I needed a bit more than just laughter and light heartedness.....when I needed someone to ask three little words! "How are you?" Just a few words but so powerful and meaningful to someone who has lost their way.
My Dad has always said to me that you are very lucky if you can count your true friends on one hand! I feel very lucky! Now, today, I'm fortunate to have such very very special friends, who have become a lifeline, even when they don't know it. They make me laugh out loud sometimes, and sometimes they fill me with such an overwhelming sense of grattitude at how lucky I am...it really is a physical feeling that causes a warm feeling in my soul.
Anyone going through a loss or challenge needs to surrounds themselves with true friends, energy givers I call them! I've got rid of all my energy suckers, people that were in my life for the wrong reasons and who sucked the energy out of me....somedays when I had none.
So now I tell all those who help me survive, who put light in my life how important they are to me......maybe one day they'll need my ear to listen. I'll feel so blessed to have been able to have helped them the way they have me!
On my blue days I know I have a handful of people that I can turn to who will make me feel better, make me feel loved and fill my blue cup with sunshine! I hope you do to! :) x
PS; just as I hit the post button to publish this....a downy white feather floated down from the sky and landed a few feet away from me, my neighbor Renee who has just lost her cousin was with me...so we were fighting over who the feather was for :) ....they say feathers are a sign from a loved one in heaven(which I'll write about in another blog)....I can only imagine its one of my loved ones letting me know they are thinking of me :)
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