Friendship Bracelets

Look what came in the mail Saturday! FOUR Friendship Bracelets! I can't decide if you were more excited about the actual bracelets or that Jessie sent you a package. The package could have just been air but the fact that it was sent by Jess made it priceless.

After heartbreaking (more for me than you) day when friendship bracelets were made and yours was not wanted and you were not given this token of *lasting* friendship Jessie came to the rescue. It is amazing that this 14 year old daughter of my high school friend is a part of your life. It is something that I treasure and I never thought it would mean so much. But then again I never thought that the 3 year old toddler who took over a cookout with all of her mom's single friends by stripping down and demanding right then and there that she had to have a bath, NOW!, would grow up to be someone my own daughter would look up to and idolize.

I remember that night so vividly even though her mother does not. Probably because it happened all the time and Tresh was used to it. But for LouAnn and I we were like WHAT?! What is this kid doing? doesn't she see that we are talking? can't she just go play? why doesn't she stopping screaming and crying? Sheesh.

But then I had my own little screaming bundle of joy. Seven years after Tresh had hers and LouAnn well she kept going until she had her bookends two boys anchoring two girls. Things have changed but our friendship has only gotten stronger, less superficial.

You will have many friends through the years. Some will stay with you and others will fade away. But please remember that the ones you meet while growing up keep you grounded and the ones you meet through work will know you better than you know yourself.

You will not always have the need for friendship bracelets to prove who your friends and when that time comes it is very freeing. Take good care of your friends and be someone people want to be friends with not because of what you have or can do but because of who you really are.


I only hope that one day you will have friends like I have. That their children will know your children. Friends that you know that if anything ever happened to you or you had an emergency they would be there. You will always have me but when you feel like you can't stand me or you need someone else to talk to just know that I have picked some of the greatest women to be friends with and they will be there for you.

The Okie Ya-Ya's.