Tag: friends
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Gratitude Day 6: My BFF
I am so grateful that four years ago my best friend moved home from Arizona. It was right before Grandma passed away. It was when I was at a really REALLY low point. Having her around and back in my day to day life kept me from completely losing my mind. Community is everything.
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Home By Way of Culvers
There is a sweet lady at our congregation with Williams Syndrome. She lives with her elderly mother and lots of people help take care of her. (Taking her on outings, out to eat, to and from church.) One night the person who was giving her a ride had a family emergency and so she asked…
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Bake Them A Cake
When I was little our Sunday school teacher said if there is a person you don’t like you should bake them a cake. The idea being that doing a kindness for someone you don’t like might make them more bearable, and you might even become friends. I think it’s a nice thought, but what if…
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My Friend, the Coroner
This week I celebrated a good friend’s birthday. She is an assistant coroner for the county. I think… Her job is to go investigate deaths and make sure they’re not suspicious. She also deals with contacting the family and letting them know what services are available to help… tend to the body of the deceased.…
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Making Friends as an Adult
Guess what’s hard… making friends as an adult! Why? Because small talk kills the soul and it’s so weird to invite adults to hang out. Does it have to be awkward? No. But do I end up feeling awkward 90% of the time? Definitely. I am going to start introducing myself as a “recovering anxious…
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Unofficial Mom
Therapy has been doing so well. Last week we did some EMDR and I feel like a couple breakthroughs were made. Sometimes I joke about having oldest daughter syndrome And I talked a lot about how I was always the mom of my friend groups. And while that is just part of my personality, and…
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A Best Friend
This was written just before Thanksgiving. I’m doing things backwards but expect December to include a lot of thankful posts.
Redheaded Jill 