True Friendships

Today I had the pleasure of enjoying a relaxing brunch with my husband and dear friends.  We had not seen each in 6 months and any contact in the meantime was by email.  I am always amazed at how quickly time passes.  It astounds me even further that in those few hours between bites of egg and bacon, no time seems to have passed at all.  We pick up where we left off, the interaction easy and effortless.  I have been blessed with many friendships like this.  I do not really understand why.  I am not a great correspondent.  I hardly ever spend the hours I did as a teenager on the phone catching up.  Email, and now recently Facebook, have been been my main lifeline to friends.  This is what I have come to appreciate and love about true friendships.  They don't care if you haven't called in 6 months or forgotten a birthday.  They don't lay guilt trips or create expectations.  True friendships accept you exactly as you are.  True friendships are grateful for your presence in their life and appreciate any time or effort made to reconnect.  True friendships leave you a better person than you were before you knew that friend.  Lastly, a true and you-will-always-be-in-my-life-no-matter-what friendship, after a two hour breakfast squeezed in on a quick trip through the city before heading home, leaves you with joy in your heart, laughter on your lips, deep felt gratitude and appreciation for the blessing of this friendship in your life.