As I drove about town today, from one flooring shop to another, from Home Depot to Lowe’s, from one specialty store to another…stopping at 7-11 for a bottled water amidst my prowling for flooring for my new home, I had some time to think…think about my future and what is going to be in store for me? By the way, I really wanted hardwood floors, however, a very dear friend of mine suggested cork flooring. Well, seems that it is very popular in the north, but the “craze†as one salesman put it, has not yet hit the south! So, I can special order it, yet they had no samples! And, since I am the “touchy and feely†type, I was a bit disheartened that I did not get to “sample†the cork! However, there is one “cork†that will be popped soon, and I will get to savour the contents of the bottle, whilst thinking only the happiest thoughts of the dear friend who gave it to me.
Okay, back to my post…so, as I was driving around today, I was thinking about my new house, friends, family, the needy, the “not so needyâ€, the children of the world…and, the list goes on! I thought about all of the excitement my new house is inflicting, yet just felt “downâ€, if you will! No special reason…not that time of the month…no major disappointments….awwww, BINGO! Wait, I might have hit on something here…I thought to myself, staring at the road in front of me and almost oblivious to my surroundings, it HIT me!
In a few short weeks, someone very near and dear to me will be “going away.â€Â Okay, maybe (and, hopefully) not forever, but it is for a good period of time, if you will. A friend that I talk to almost everyday, sometimes more than once a day…someone who knows the depths of my soul…someone who has never judged me…someone who I totally enjoy every moment with…someone who has taught me logic, when I wasn’t thinking so logical…someone who has reminded me that he/she is no better than myself…someone who has suffered losses in life as I have and, persevered…someone who has counselled me when I was at extremely low points in life…someone who has made me laugh uncontrollably at the silliest things…someone who’s voice I love to hear sing…someone who intuitively knows what I am thinking, sometimes before I even do…but, most importantly, someone who I just feel “myself†with, and even in moments of silence, so much is being communicated between us.  I am sure you all have a special friend just like the one I described, right? How fortunate we are…
So, as I ponder my future…I ponder the short term loss of our daily visits, which I will miss…more than this friend knows. I ponder my friend’s safety…I ponder my friend’s health…I ponder my friend’s psyche…But, most of all, I ponder…the FUTURE! And, in doing so, I cannot help but wonder, will everything really be alright? And, I say to myself, of course it will, because the ONE thing that my friend has instilled into my bigger than life heart is…FAITH! Faith that we control our own destiny, and that I am worthy and deserved of only the BEST! And, in you my friend, I found exactly that…THE BEST!!!
Now, with that being said, I direct you all to the following link: (you may want to turn down your sound!)
http://www.allisonsheart.com/giftfriend/giftfriend.html
I hope each and everyone of you has a least ONE, if not more, friends like the one I have spoken of….I have been truly blessed. And, my dear one, you needn’t ask how much I will miss you. LOTS!
Be safe in your travels, my friend!
XOXOXO
Lyndee