For the last 18 months, I've been calling the individual and collective women that I've met and become friends with because we are moms, my "mom friends." But it's been bothering me for some time that some of these ladies have really just become friends. They're not just my friends because we're moms, but because they care about me and my life and my circumstances. And I, theirs. Sure, they love my H and I love their O, and Z, and H too, and we likely wouldn't have met otherwise, but I've been feeling like it's time to get rid of the "mom" part of the definition of our friendship.
Today is that day. You want to know why? One of the moms found this cool "art" class for toddlers to take at a local center and sent it around to the others. I was delinquent on email for a few days and in the meantime, they picked a class and a time and all signed up. When I went to sign up, the class was full. I let them know but there was a fee for changing and the time they had already picked was likely better for the kids' schedules. Within 24 hours, they all changed to the other class so I could take it with them, without even batting an eyelash (the nicest detail of all).
Thanks, Ladies. I'm proud and lucky to call you all friend.
What a kind post!
Posted by: jasmine | June 15, 2009 at 01:10 PM