SILENT CONVERSATIONS

TODAY'S QUOTE:
Silences make the real conversations between friends. Not the saying but the never needing to say is what counts... Margaret Lee Runbeck

If we're lucky friends like that come along early and stay late. If we're blessed they come along midway and linger forevermore. I've been mostly blessed, and have had the good fortune to gather together a group of women with whom I can be silent in total comfort.

They "get me"! I "get them"! Perhaps they aren't always turned into each other, yet their connection to me has been a bridge that any one of them could cross in safety. Jealousy isn't a factor... it's their respect for each others special place in my life that keeps them from overstepping.

They listen, but never judge! They respond without resentment! They rescue me without bitching, when the need arises! Their homes are scattered, but they all share a precious trait. I'm always safe wherever they reside! They don't lie, neither do I, so trust is complete on all sides.

In a life that has held so much pain and disillusionment they have been steadfast in their devotion. Most of the joy I experienced during my darkest days came from easy silences with sister-friends who simply loved me in spite of myself.

It's always been my nature to look for the best in others. Even the worst among us have precious portions that respond to kindness. I used to believe every word ever said by anyone I loved. I've outgrown that, which often makes for silent agony. Sometimes "IT IS WHAT IT IS"... and nothing more.

Life is a bitter-sweet thing. If we're lucky there is enough of a balance between the two to teach us what we need to know. If we have too much sunshine then any storm will uproot us in an instant. If we have too much rain then any sunny day is spent head down mopping up the mess. Pain has value, cause nothing else makes us appreciate pleasure more completely.

Today I give thanks for the friends who know it all, every twisted turn.. and love me as much as I love them. The journey has been both as rough as it gets, and as smooth as can be. I carry each of them with me always. They surround me in all kinds of weather.

Vicky shines from the handy work hanging above my desk, saying I'm truly family. Net smiles from a photo so sweet that I can hear her beloved giggle. Charity and Nancy stand hand-in-hand inside a memory so dark that they shimmer like angels. Mary is the glue that held me together, when nothing else could.

Linda with class lives  just across the way, which gives me more comfort than I can even begin to say. Patt's love supports my soul and she believes I'm worthy of my task. Jackie loves me too and reminds me of all the reasons why; we both cherish a forever friendship that developed at first sight. Devin will always be hooked to my soul by love of her spirit and a flickering lamps proof of the power of ducks. 

Joan shares coffee with me every morning in a cup fashioned by the magic of love. Bonnie Sue hangs above my head, in a beaded angel that says everything will be okay... no matter what! Dee is in cards sent across the sea, and Iggly is too. Andi is as shinny and sweet as the jewels made with loving hands. Tammy who I loved so much, for not nearly long enough resides here too.

In life I can think of nothing as everlasting as the circle of sisters that every woman possesses. I can think of nothing quite as comforting as a shared special silence that says everything. Thanks my sisters... I love you all! And welcome to any new that come, it isn't the length of love that matters... it's the depth. Think about it.... let it ride.... then decide!!!!