Where The Path May Lead
Ξ April 2nd, 2009 | → 2 Comments | ∇ Uncategorized |
It’s been a while since I wrote anything. I’ve been a little distracted. You see, I had a baby. I’m not the only one of the group that is distracted. We all have our different lives with their different challenges. So this morning I was thinking about this. The girls of Sirens’ Song are in 4 totally different places in their lives. One is managing a household with, for all practical purposes, a teenager and a tween. One has a child with unique learning challenges. One is child free but with health issues to manage. I have 2 children under the age of 3. Three of us have husbands who are in different places. The men get along well, but really have nothing much in common. I live in Dallas…the rest, for the time being, live in Abilene. (One is thinking about a move to yet another city).
So what keeps us together? Why do we work so hard to try to accommodate the different worlds of each of us? What is it about this group of friends that even when our paths shoot off in 4 totally different directions keep us from losing sight of the shared path we traveled before? Most friends would be a fond memory by now, lives moving onward. New friends made. But not this group of women. Why?
This has been playing in my thoughts off and on for a while. I really don’t have a satisfactory answer. What I know is that this group of friends work. Each of us fade in and out as our lives allow. When we are in, it’s like we were never gone. And when one of us is out, the others worry, but allow that freedom hoping that the path will eventually lead back. And so far, it has.
Maybe like lovers, friends have soul mates. And when you meet someone with whom your soul clicks, it doesn’t matter where life takes you or how far away you go, that tether is always there. Always welcoming - always open - always comfortable - forever connecting you.