A long over due thanks...

I had a thought. Is there a difference between old friends and new friends? Not really except that your old friends have been there longer and in some cases know more about you which in some cases means that they have more to blackmail you with, but it also means you know what they are willing to do for you. New friends you have the excitement of getting to know them going out and having fun now but you don't have the memories that you have with your oldest friends. This past weekend was a good one. I went and saw the new movie Bride Wars with one of my new friends and we laughed I shed some tears (classic chic flick and hilarious) but at the end it says something that I hadn't really thought about. I may not get this right but it says something about how the people we need the most are the people who have been beside us all along.
Growing up I had a group of friends in the neighborhood that I still consider to be great great friends. They have been there for me in parts of my life that I would gladly not ever relive. Bad and good. There were 6 of us. One of them now lives in Kansas and one now lives in Washington DC. They both have blogs linked to this as do two of the other friends I am talking about. Saturday we went to a baby shower by Web Cam for Chante' the friend that lives in DC. The name that her and her husband have picked for there baby boy triggered something in my head that gave me a flashback to when we were little and she always talked about a name that she liked for a boy. Odd how things like that just pop in when you are with your oldest friends, those are good memories. My friend Julie has offered to throw me my friend shower, I can't even explain how much that meant to me to have her offer that. We have all grown apart in the past few years of course with everyone getting married, having babies, moving away so I was surprised when she asked if she could throw me one. This just goes to show me that even though we may not be hooked at the hip like we were when we were kids friendship goes a lot deeper than we may consciously be aware of. So to my friends old and new I love you all and I look forward to spending time with you watching yours (and mine when it comes to that) kids grow up and seeing where all of our adventures take us. Thank you for standing by me through everything and thank you for being such great friends.
Lindsey