Friendship

What quality do you value most in a friend?

Caring. That feeling of being cared about. You know it when you feel it.

My best friend and I did not have a lot in common. We didn’t see things the same in most cases. Our opinions differed, we grew up in very different places, we liked different things, but there was a level genuine caring that we had for each other that I miss.

I miss her every day. When she passed, I thought I would never have a real friend again.

I was wrong.

I love that I have friends who care about me. I feel so lucky that I have people who wonder what I’m up to, who pause in their busy lives to check in to see how I am. I didn’t grow up with a nurturing style mother so the feeling of being cared about is a nice surprise every time

I woke up today feeling a little homesick for my friends and family and then read the prompt; funny that this was the question.

I found myself wondering about what I was missing and I guess its a lot of things, but they might all go into this one thing. It’s heart warming when you have people who are interested enough to have a conversation with you. Life is busy, I get it, people have a lot on their minds. I just know from having and now not having easy access to friendship, it’s a golden thing.

Friends are a lucky sort of people to have in your life