Friendship is...

What does friendship mean to you? Before the internet I would have said "a special connection I have with some select people...we have a number of things in common...like to go to the same places and are at the same stage in our lives".

Most of my friends growing up were male. I couldn't stand the cattiness of girls and preferred the easygoingness (is that even a word) of boys. Not to mention I grew up with 2 younger brothers who constantly had me playing GI Joe or Ghostbusters lol. But since high school I've always had one or two very close (sometimes I consider them BEST) girl friends. Through the years those friendships have changed or we've drifted apart for one reason or another. But I'm pleased to say that my 2 very best friends at the moment have been in my life now for just over 6 years.

Anyways, I'm kind of getting off topic lol. The internet has changed how I view friendship. You see 7 years ago when my little man was born I found myself single with no one in my life who could really understand exactly what I was going through. We moved to the city I currently live in and I knew not a sole, besides a select few family members. People I met my age were still single and childless and those people I met with children were much older than me. That's when I stumbled upon Babycenter and The Single Parents Board. The girls that were a part of that board 7 (almost 8) years ago are still in my life to this day. Not all of them but most. One of those women commented on my Facebook wall the other day and after not hearing from her for about 6 months I was overjoyed to learn that things in her life are going so well.

My whole point of this rambling post is...that having not even met any of these women they know things about me that my family and closest friends may not know. They've seen me through good times and bad. We are like a family. I see that is happening now with this blog all over again and it's so exciting. I love to meet new people and hope that I will make friendships that will in fact last a life time.