There is always that one person....

I love people. If I could make a living off of spending time with people I would. Just go out for a java here, to a poetry reading there, some live music or for a potluck, anything makes me happy as long as it is with people. I have this unquenchable spirit that never leaves me satisfied, I always want more... if I could rearrange time I would just so I could spend more time with people, perhaps this explains my recent en devours to become a social worker. Now for a person who loves people, I have a lot of really great friends. Each of them contributing to my life in different ways, but each one being unique. As we all know friends do come and go and that's hard. I have learned this lesson more than a few times and not to say it has always been a bad experience but people grow, and they change and sometimes they leave us for a season.


And then there are those friends that will be there, literally until the end of time.

Those friends that sometimes you would like to leave you alone but they don't because if they weren't there for you, who would be? Those friends that will drive 80 miles in a snowstorm into the middle of nowhere because your clutch blew in our car you have had for years because they would rather be put out than have you freeze.

Those friends that will hold you when you cry, laugh hysterically with you until you feel sick, and bring you a tub of ice cream when you have endured the hardest heartache.

Those friends that never judge you on your life decisions but do indeed tell you when you are being an idiot and sometimes offer a punch to the face (I have never gotten one of those, but I have been offered).

Those friends that will take you out on the back roads for hours just so you can catch up, climb in trees with you just so you can get a great photo, and explore mysterious barns.

Those friends that will join you so you don't look like an idiot on your own, who will dance with you into the wee hours of the night and who will listen to you ramble about that wonderful guy you met that will never see again.

Now I am sure after reading this you are probably thinking that I am writing about someone specific and I am. Here name is Beckster. She has been my friend for 6 years. And she has been there for it all. And no matter how far apart we are, or how long it has been since we have seen each it is like we were never apart. There are many old memories to fill books and books, and there are many new memories waiting to be explored.

She is one of those people that you wish you could tell her how much you love her, and appreciate her but there isn't enough time or words to explain that. She is amazing. She is lovely, has the most beautiful spirit and will never let you down. She is one of the best friends that one could ever ask for. I'm sure if she knew I was writing this she wouldn't want me to because she is all of these wonderful things and also humble.I aspire to love like she does, forgive like she does, and be a friend like she is.

Here is to my amazing friend...