This one's for my friends

First let me start off by saying I have the most amazing friends. Really, I do. Every time I have a gathering where new people come they always tell me what great friends I have. It's true, I have been fortunate enough to build relationships with many kind, fun, intelligent, creative, funny, supportive people. I have friends from elementary school, high school, college, sorority days, grad school and mommy hood. I am truly blessed. So what's the problem you may ask? The problem is there's simply not enough time in the day for me to hang out with my friends enough! This bothers me... a lot. It might be the thing that I have the most difficulty with in my life at the moment (alright, let's be honest here. Lack of sleep is the most difficult thing in my life. But not enough time for my friends is a close second. Lack of disposable income and lack of alone time is up there too. But hey, this isn't a post about what sucks in my life, it's a post about my great friends. So let's move on.). I love being a mom and I wouldn't change it for the world, but it has definitely put a kink in my social life. So my point here, friends (because if you are reading this then you are my friend. Or at least you know someone who is my friend so you're probably pretty cool anyhow) is that I want you all to know how much I value you in my lives. I can't spend enough time with any of you, that I know. But I want you to know how much I appreciate all that you do for me and how you are all always there. I hope you know that I'm here for you too. Someday, when we are old and our children are grown and want nothing to do with us, we will sit on our porches for hours and talk about life and our views on the world for hours on end. So for now I will try and be content with the amount of time I can spend with my friends and look forward to how our friendships will blossom when we are old and gray.