Count My Blessings!

Day 4 March 3, 2009

Today I am thankful to be blessed with friends. Though I can't brag that I have tons of friends, I can however brag that I have the most wonderful friends. I cannot ask for a better set of friends. My friend Amanda has always been there for me when I needed her. She has blessed every aspect of my life. We played together as children, hung out as friends in high school. We shared college experiences, and were in each others wedding. I have called her in the middle of the night, as she has me. We were even pregnant at the same time and went through that together. She is a wonderful person, who does this world a lot of good. Although she may not always think so, she has been and will always be the most wonderful friend in the world. I love her lots, and am pretty sure she returns that back to me.
I have another friend who is just as honorable, but in a different way. His name is Christopher, Chris for short. I have known him since I was 16 years old. I met my husband Nick at my first real job...Hardees. We were at first just work pals, until he introduced me to Chris. His best friend. Chris and I dated on and off through high school. He graduated a year before me and went off to college. Although we still talked, he went on and dated and met the woman who would later become his wife. In the mean time, Nick and I became closer and closer. We soon got married. I married the man who introduced me to his best friend, thinking we would make a good couple. Strange but true. The best thing about it is that today, we are all, Chris and Tiechera, Nick and I, are all now close friends. Chris has been there for me in situations where just hearing his voice is comforting to me. From day one, I loved him and he as loved me. Just not on the level of love Nick and I are on. I totally care about him, and now his wife and son. He is more family to me than my own family is. Although I was not blessed with a biological brother, God did bless me with a emotional and spiritual brother. I would have it no other way.
There are a few others, who I am friends with, and would go out on a limb for. I have truely been blessed, but there is one more honorable mention. Hopefully that doesn't sound bad, as it is meant to be a compliment. This friend is special to me at so many levels, and we have never met. I have never hugged her, or shook hands, or even smiled at her in person. This doesn't matter, she is a TRUE friend in every other way. I don't even quite remember how things started. I do know we met through the love of scrapbooking and rubber stamping hobbies. It has been around 4 years. I have went from talking every day to every month to maybe even going a year without talking, but the strangest things happen. Whenever, I am down, whenever I felt at a low point in my life, she seems to pop up from out of nowhere. As I cannot say that I have done the same for her, I wish that one day I will. Anyway. She is my friend. Always will be, but she is more than that. She has been like my little guardian angel. I believe, that everyone meets for a reason. And hopefully one day we will be able to meet in person, but God allowed us to meet, even if it isn't face to face. I am so blessed to have Amber as a part of my life. I hope she knows that I am there for her if she ever needs me, like she has been there for me, when I've needed her. It is amazing to me how God works through people.
Our God is an awesome God, and I thank him. For I am truely blessed with the greatest friends.