My friends kind of are my family and I don't know what I would do without them. How nice is it that you have people in your life that you know all you have to do is pick up the phone and they are there!
That is true wealth. It's not the ammount of money you have, the size of your house, the variety of toys at your disposal. It's knowing that you don't walk this road of life alone. There are people in this life that love you and hope for you and want for you all the good things life has to offer.
My sister-friend Malic is the walking living truth. She is honest and kind. She is loyal to a fault. I had to move away from her when we PCS'd but she is still my sister-friend. Two weeks ago she did the most awesome thing.
Some backstory: I grew up in a more southern part of the country. The midwest but the southern part. We had Nehi Peach soda. It was sold in stores and pop machines and gas stations. It was mine and my friends all time favorite. We would smuggle it to church camps and get the bunks in the top of the A-Frame cabins so we could sneak drinks of it during rest time every day. They don't sell it as much anymore and certainly not here in the NE part of the country. I didn't know Malic then, but I have told her the story.
My birthday was the 12th and was pretty uneventful, which is totally fine because I don't expect or need a big production. At the end of the day, as I was walking out the door to go to a meeting, I saw a UPS box on my doorstep. I thought it was from my mother-in-law or maybe my husband. I opened it and there were three 6-packs of Nehi Peach with a card from Malic saying, "I wish I was there to drink them with you." She actually gone online and bought them from the distributor and had them delivered to me.
Best birthday present ever!