good friends

I have been meaning to write a post about the great friends I have made here in CT. And today I was reminded of how lucky I am to have them. I was telling the story of how I came to belong to our mommy’s group. That I had met Janine and Tabitha by chance at an open house, that I had joined the MOM’s Club and went to their craft night at J’s house and hit it off with them. Then Tabitha invited me to join the playgroup. And the rest was history. I was so nervous. I was first nervous to go to the craft night, to a house of someone I hadn’t met, to meet moms I hadn’t met, and the potential friends that I had an opportunity to make. So when I went to my first playgroup with Jakob I was so happy to meet other moms just like me. I made some fantastic friends. They have been a support system to me that I never thought I would have here. They are really truly awesome. The past few years have been filled with good times, sad time, and really rough times. And these wonderful women have been there through it all. Providing me with all the love and support I could ever ask for. They have become my family. Many of them have family nearby, and when I think about how hard it is to not have family around, I think of all the great friends I have to lean on and realize that they are my family. I rely on them for so much and they have never disappointed! They have listened to my paranoid outbursts, my fears, my joys, my sadness, my losses, my triumphs, absolutely everything. And I thank them for it. Maybe I haven’t thanked them enough or lately. I am going to plan something for them to let them know what they have meant to me. Hmmmm…. Going to think about that. I am also dreading our move this year. I really don’t want to leave them behind. I know that the move will be good for Jason’s army career, and that it may even be better for our relationship and his relationship with the boys. So it is a catch-22. The sucky part is leaving all these amazing mommies. The goodbyes will be so hard. I can’t even think about that day right now. It makes me sad, super sad. And right now I want to be happy and savour the summer. There is so many good things going on, and this is going to be a summer of memories. So I am going to get off of this computer and get back to making memories with my boys.