Day 12

Today I am thankful that I have my girl friends, or maybe a little more specifically that I am able make these friends! There was a time in my life I never imagined I would have such wonderful friends and have so much fun with them! You see my fear steamed from where I grew up, and the people I grew up with. As a child growing up in the mountains it seems that our friends were given to us in Kindergarten, we were put together and told, "here are your friends you will be together till you graduate High School good luck". Granted we did get to meet new people as we went into Middle School, but really we pretty much already knew every one. Some of us had met before we even knew we could when our parents were in lamaze class together! When it comes down to it I never went away to camp as a child, always lived in the same house, went to the same school, and in the end never learned how to make friends, especially a friend of the same gender. Girls my age where I grew up weren't prized with being the nicest, and I admit I had my moments of mean, but that left me scorned. I think this became aware to me the first time I set off to college and didn't have the first clue how to socialize kindly and actually become friends with the girls on my floor. I always thought I would just be the one who hung out with the guys, or finally found friends in the friends of whoever I dated. Thankfully I have had some patient, and some not so patient, girl friends who stuck with me, helped me see what it is to be a friend and helped me grow. Today I love my girl friends, I am so thankful they are in my life and that while we are all an interesting mix of amazing woman we are wonderful people who can come together in any mix and have a wonderful time! Thanks ladies!