Its hardly what you think..

I got to spend the last couple weeks with an old, Really Great, Friend.  It was so nice to catch up,  but most importantly, reminded of who I got in my corner.  Distance sometimes makes you forget, hey?   We cannot get together without talking about the good old days.  You know how it goes.  If you have a good friend, you will inevitably end up reminiscing.  Its one of those great things about old friends.  Its those stories that get us through bad days, even bad years.

And when we are together we always talk of what would of been had we not taken such different roads.  I think that's only natural.  I think.  But when it comes right down to it, her choices in life weren't that dissimilar to mine, just farther away.  We both got married and had our babies.  We both choose that, where our sisters choose something altogether different.  I think that kept Her and I connected.  At least that was part of it.

When we were 15 years old and talking about our future, I don't think either of us could of guessed where we would be now.  And its probably for the better.  Probably none of our lives, yours or mine, turned out like we imagined.  I'm so grateful for that.  I think you have to be.  The  people who plan out their lives and really follow through- well that's impressive.  Good for them.  I say that without sarcasm...well mostly. Haha.  But for those of us who had a plan but veered off at some point, well that's kinda brave too Inst it?  I mean we didn't know what to expect.  We changed our minds.  We were brave enough to follow our hearts. Or scared enough.  I don't know which.  I'm not saying one is necessarily better than the other, but I think we gotta accept what we choose- either way.  We can spend days wishing we made some different choices.  But we ended up where we are.  Good or bad.  And if its good, carry on.  If Its bad, dust yourself off and carry on.  At least do your best.  And remember who's in your corner.

My friend reminded me of that.  Now we have these beautiful Kids, every decision we  made to this point-  gave us these babies. And all our memories we made got us to this point too.  Thank goodness for that.