We're your people

The title of my post was from a text between me and my dear friend Miranda. I will admit I teared up. My life has been in the last three months nothing short of an emotional rollercoaster, so I could blame it on that. But in truth I think it made me tear up because I've come to realize the importance of true friends.

This week as I packed up my darling house on Stanley Ave in Reedley I had a chance to look at pictures I hadn't seen in a while. Many memories came flooding back from the last seven years, from my college years at Fresno State and even the times since. Though they were great times in my life and had a part in shaping who I am today I realized that I am completely different from the person I was 7 years ago. I have grown and in growing I realized that besides facebook I know little of what's going on in my friends lives. Life took over and for one reason or another we haven't talked or gotten together.

I've always heard my friend's parents say that your group of friends grows smaller as time goes on. In college I would have called that a lie, I thought for sure that all 20 of us would be friends forever. But for the most part we send a message on facebook and leave it at that. I'm not sure if I had stayed in that crowd if I would still be alive, but that is a story for another day.

Though this post sounds regretful its not. They say some friends are in your life for a season or a a reason and I feel that way about many of my friends from college.

But then there are friends like Miranda. Who write things like We're your people. And that is when I realized that my group of friends may being getting smaller as the years go by, but I wouldn't have it any other way. Friends like Miranda help me grow in my relationship with God, hold me accountable, keep me laughing and keep me sane. And I know that some friends come and go but I plan on holding onto this one for a very very long time.

She's my people :)