It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas

So you know the phrase "old friendships never die"?....I could have just made that up but it sounds pretty good :) ha anyway, I really think this is true. Last night I ate dinner at a girlfriend's house with friends that I've had since childhood. It's weird how connections are made and that there is some special bond that does not interfere with time. It's sort of like a family bond...even through years of passing time nothing ever REALLY changes. I feel like stories picked up where we last stopped them and my love and respect has not even flinched. The girls know me inside and out and i feel like looking to the past when learning new things about someone is what helps make life long impressions of them. Personalities and styles don't ever change..it's just location and circumstances that makes seeing and talking to one another difficult. However, these distances do not weaken my eagerness to know and do more. AND What impressed me the most was when the girls used my liquid coconut creme pie as a topping for dessert. That was about the nicest thing anyone has done for me just so I wouldn't feel like a doofus because my pie didn't really turn into a pie. My girlfriends are absolutely the most sincere, most beautiful, and most giving people I know. I'm truly blessed to have them.

As for the quickly approaching holiday full of gift giving, laughing, drinking, and eating, I am finally getting in the holiday mode! I helped the girls make cookies, ate a few too many, and put gifts under the most massive tree to date. I feel that this year has come and gone so quickly, but I'm ready to start a new one. A little older and a little wiser never hurts. Plus when you have the BEST family and friends to go with it, how can you lose?!