Forever Friends?

I am sitting here at my kitchen table wondering what my life is going to be like over these next four weeks. Friends, and I am talking about real friends not just someone you say hi to when you go to church or work. Well I am pretty good at meeting people, but turning people into forever friends is a pretty hard deal. I think that my main wondering is coming from the fact that I started reading this book with my FB book club called Grown-up Girlfriends but focus on the family. While I at first was not interested in the book because it seemed a little whinny, turned out to have some really good insight as to how God made women need other women in their lives.
To top that off were moving not only to another city, or state, but to another Country! ENGLAND! So I have to make all these big changes and saying good bye to my dear friends here is one of them. I hope and pray that I will be able to stay in contact with these friends here, but lets face it, with five kids and home schooling I am busy. My friends are busy. Life is Busy! So I know that although we might be able to stay in contact from time to time its not going to be like it is now. We wont have coffee shop meet ups, park day therapy sessions, and most of all goofy late night chats (texting) about how are kids and husbands are driving us nuts! ;) (I love you mike he he)

I think that biggest issue is that I am going to have to just pray about it. Ask God to send some people into my life that I can rely on and talk with in a manor of true relationship. I know that its going to be a struggle because the logical part of my brain says, "your only going to be there 4 years, why bother putting yourself out there just to say goodbye to more people?" The fact is four years might go by quickly but I am still really going to need those connections. The book talks about how God designed women to have a stress outlet in other women, and understanding that they can't get from their husbands. Dont get me wrong your husband should be your best friends of all. But husbands are built to fix things. When they hear a women complain they jump on the "How can I fix this bandwagon" Women dont always want some one to fix them, or there problems. We just need to vent, de-stress, connect, and understand were not alone.

I will always have a special place in my heart for my friends I have now, from my past and present state. This will not change the fact that I love them or am thankful for the times that we shared together, But I know that I also have a big enough heart for new friends.

I am trying to be more excited then worried.
Heres to happy Friend Hunting on my next adventure.

P.S. I think this post was inspired by the fact that I have no coffee filters and I am running on empty from having 3 sick little ones ha ha ;)