*Pearl of the Day: Even Oprah needs a Gayle.
*The Today Show had a segment in honor of “BFF day” and they talked how best friends are a precious relationship that is beneficial to your health and reminded me of my grandmother’s pearl which is that every girl needs good girlfriends.
*We are social creatures and our socialization begins with our family. If you have a healthy family structure then you ideally feel loved unconditionally, supported and secure. When we don’t have this we can seek it elsewhere in other forms of relationships and hobbies, like Facebooking.
*Regardless, we create all kinds of relationships and each one opens or closes a different part of ourselves. Like the Sex and the City girls, everyone can benefit from a practical, outrageous, prudish and impulsive friend to challenge, champion, correct or coax our morals, judgments, limits and boundaries. Who do you call when you want to play, share a laugh or to hold your hand through a crisis?
*My grandmother had a close group of girlfriends whom she completely cherished. Her best friend was a red haired fiery spirit named Tillie. They were neighbors and sat on the front porch sipping their tea talking shop. Her other best friend was Golda and they shared an other worldly bond of survivorship. In high school I would talk to my grandmother about the boys I crushed on and she was more concerned whether I had found a good group of girlfriends. She firmly believed in quality not quantity.
*I am ever grateful for my family, friends and my best friend, Melissa. We met in camp when we were 11 years old and our friendship has now spanned over 2 decades - it’s amazing how the numbers add up. I don’t know exactly when our friendship shifted to being “best friends” but she has no doubt been beneficial to my health and life. We are so similar yet very different and are always amazed how we are on parallel paths in this life. No doubt we’ll be old ladies together sipping down our hot chocolate talking shop.
*She is the most wonderful and calmest mother of three you’ll ever meet. It’s baffling. We so enjoy watching our kids play together and forming their own relationships. Albeit, they really have little choice but to get along but they actually do get along and have a gas together. Whew!
*I see the relationships my children are forming with each other and their peers. It’s amazing who they gravitate towards. My dad and his cousin grew up together and doubled as BFF’s and I see this repeating with my son and my cousin’s son. It’s the cutest thing and absolutely cracks the hearts of their proud grandpas! I see my daughter forming her own little circle of girlfriends and oh man, my husband is in for it!!
*As the school year is coming to a close and the summer and fall may bring a new influx of kids into my kid’s lives, it will be interesting to see twenty years from now if my kids are still close with who they know now or will they be but forgotten childhood memories.
*Each day we are presented with new opportunities to build and reform our relationships. When it’s time for an oil change, call an old friend or connect with someone new and see where it takes you. My sister’s mother in law says it’s never a bad time to say I love you and you should say it as much as possible to those you love as a call to a friend a day keeps your life at bay.
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