Got this from a wonderful soul sister in Texas......

Women In My Circle
TO THE WONDERFUL WOMEN IN MY CIRCLE
When I was little, I used to believe in the concept of
one best friend,
and then I started to become a woman. And then I found
out that if you
allow your heart to open up, God would show you the
best in many friends.
One friend's best is needed when you're going through
things with your
children. Another friend's best is needed when you're
going through things
with your momma. Another when you want to shop, share,
heal, hurt, joke,
or just be.
One friend will say let's pray together, another let's
cry together,
another let's fight together, another let's walk away
together.
One friend will meet your spiritual need, another your
shoe fetish,
another your love for movies, another will be with you
in your season of
confusion, another will be your clarifier, another the
wind beneath your
wings.
But whatever their assignment in your life, on
whatever the occasion, on
whatever the day, or wherever you need them to meet
you with their gym
shoes on and hair pulled back or to hold you back from
making a complete
fool of yourself... those are your friends.
It may all be wrapped up in one woman, but for many
it's wrapped up in
several... one from 7th grade, several from high
school, several from the
college years, a couple from old jobs, several from
church, on some days
your mother, on others your sisters, and on some days
it's the one that
you needed just for that day or week that you needed
someone with a fresh
perspective, or the one who didn't know all your
baggage, or the one who
would just listen without judging... those are good
best friends.
I thank my girlfriends, those who honor intimacy,
those who hold trust,
and those who hold me up when life is just too heavy!
The special bond we
share is unique.
Thanks for the words we've shared. The prayers we've
sent up. The laughs,
the tears, the phone calls, the emails, the shopping,
the movies, the
lunches, the dinners, the talking, talking, talking
and the listening,
listening, listening....
So whether you've been there 20 minutes or 20 years, I
love you!
Pass this on to the women that God has placed in your
life to make a
difference - I did.