Sunday, June 13th 2010
Last night I had the opportunity to attend one of my best friends Surprise Birthday Party. When I was going through my teenage years I had these two best friends that I did so much with (i.e: obsessed about boys with, snuck out to meet boys, & did all those things we were NOT supposed to do!) In fact, I think my Mom & Dad thought THEY were the bad influence…and really that was far from the truth. I believe it was the other way around. It was so fun to look at old pics and see where we are all now.
I love these girls! No matter where life takes us and no matter what path we each follow I know without a doubt that their friendships will still be their at the end of the day. Everyone should be able to say that about someone in their lives.
I pray that my children will each have friendships like these…that no matter what happens in life and they KNOW that they have “that friend” or “those friends” that will be standing next to them to hold their hand and help carry them through the tide.
Lately, I worry most about my Little Erin with making friends. She doesn’t have many. The ones she does have are the ones at church. She doesn’t really have a friend that would come and hang out at the house. My Mom and I were talking about it yesterday and how we are concerned that she really has no interests other than her love for horses. I asked her, “What kind of music do you like?”, She replies with, “I don’t know”. I asked her “What’s your favorite movie?”…”I don’t know she says…”. Everything is “I.D.K.” (Isn’t that a band here in Vegas? 
) I do know however, she loves to be around people…and can see how much she wants to be loved in return. It’s hard for me to connect to her sometimes, because I am such an extrovert and she is such the opposite.
Even though I am anxious about the kids leaving for the summer to see their Dad. I am excited for her because she has such a huge connection with her Grandmother in Tennessee. I am excited that she gets to spend that time with her. It is a relief that Erin has that person she connects with like that. In the meantime, I need to come up with ways to get her connected with a peer group when she gets back so that she will have the opportunity to have a friend that she can relate to and experience growing up with. It probably would be best for her to find someone that has similar challenges that she does…I believe that is so important.
Until Next Time,
E
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