I could have blogged about this everyday if I'd wanted to take the time. Now that my blogging days are nearly over (for the next 18 months at least), I realized I simply can't leave without at least one post dedicated solely to friends. I love my friends. It isn't hard, seeing as I have the best friends in the world. I hope they know that I love them. I've never had as many friends as I have now, which is something I always seem to be saying. That's super, because it means I just keep making more and more friends and I hope that never ends. Because I love people. And I love loving people. And I love people loving me.
I'm grateful for friends who...
Listen to me
Laugh with me
Think I'm funny
Serve me
Tell me their stories and sometime their secrets
Eat with me
Take me on sprite runs
Feed me
Let me borrow movies
Watch musicals with me
Sing along to musicals with me
Watch Doctor Who with me
Give me rides to the grocery store
Write me notes
Bring me cookies
Make me laugh
Go on adventures with me - big ones and little ones
Paint my nails
Have dance parties with me
Cry with me
Sing with me
Tell me they love me
Let me complain to them
Stay up late talking to me
Pick me up just because they can
Go to toy stores with me
Throw birthday parties with me
Feed ducks with me
Go on walks with me
Forgive me
Invite me to Jane Austen dances
Watch sunsets with me
Guess where I'm going on a mission
Go to art museums with me
Swing with me
Cheer me up
Make paper boats with me
Teach me how to make paper stars
Dress up with me
Take pictures with me
Watch fireworks with me
Watch parades at my grandma's house
Make dinner with me
Take me to the roof of the MOA
Remind me life is good
Encourage me
Inspire me
Make piñatas with me
Celebrate random holidays
Blame me when they burp
Introduce me to awesome music, movies, books, and TV shows
Exude awesomeness
Talk to me
Remember me
Invite me to hang out
Listen to Showtunes Saturday Night with me
Wish upon shooting stars and 11:11
Kidnap me
Give me advice
Have deep conversations about life with me
Looks like this list could go on forever and ever and ever and ever and ever if I don't stop myself. Because I have so many wonderful friends who do so many wonderful things for and with me and I am so grateful for it all.
Dear Friends,
And I am going to miss you soooooo much! But I'm excited for all the new adventures that lie ahead and I can't wait to make more and more friends throughout my entire life. As long as I still get to keep the old ones--which I hope to do forever.
"Happiness" from You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown is obviously the only way to end this post. As the traditional finale song each time friends gather around a piano to sing, this song holds so many beautiful memories for me and, on top of that, I love the message. Thanks to everyone who has brought happiness into my life, especially in the past three months. Happiness is singing together when day is through and happiness is those who sing with you. Happiness is morning and evening, daytime and nighttime, too. For happiness is anyone and anything at all that's loved by you.
