Well, today's post almost breaks my "nothing obvious" rule. Almost. Today I'm grateful for good friends. I've been blessed with many, but there's one in particular I don't know how I would live without.
Elyse and I have been friends for about a decade now. She's smart, funny, caring, and generous. She's an excellent example of a great mother and a righteous woman. Several years into our friendship, when I already thought she was the greatest friend ever, I discovered a bonus. She understands the nuts and bolts of writing and is a good writer herself, so she makes a fantastic editor. Not to mention a willing editor. And she helped me find the courage to write a novel to start with, so without her I'm not sure there ever would've been anything to edit anyway.
We can talk about things of deep importance, things of inconsequential importance, funny things and sad things, all in the same conversation. We can call each other for any reason, day or night, and we have.
Last but not least, she makes the best chocolate chip cookies in the world. What more could I want, I ask you?
I believe this friend was a gift to me from my Heavenly Father. We met because I was her visiting teacher. Nine months before the most difficult trial of my life, I received counsel through a blessing to turn to her in my time of need. This was a sober blessing, warning me of something difficult to come. When the reason for this warning became manifest, those words returned to my mind and I knew I could call on her. I wouldn't have otherwise, and would've walked through that trial alone. The Lord was with me, don't get me wrong. I wouldn't have been alone in that sense. But we need people here too. I needed a friend, and He knew that. I'm grateful to my Heavenly Father not only for giving me this friend, but for giving me the push I needed to be open about my difficulties when my tendency is to keep them to myself. She was a lifeline to me then, and is still a lifeline to me now.
Friends like this are hard to find, and I don't take this blessing for granted. I count her as one of the greatest blessings of my life.
4 comments:
She sounds awesome! Not everyone has someone - what a blessing!
p.s. love the "attitude of gratitude."
Friends are great and good, good friends are even better.
"she makes the best chocolate chip cookies in the world?" Oh Donna dear, how quickly your taste buds have turned on you. Me thinks you must have been excluding myself from the running as anyone who has tried my chocolate chip cookies knows (all modesty aside) I make the best chocolate chip cookies in the world. ;)
In all seriousness- how blessed you are to have such a friend!
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