I woke up earlier tonight to my good friend and neighbor, Becky, tickling my feet - I had fallen asleep snuggling with my Sophie-girl while she and the rest of the kids watched a movie after a concert and a trip to Dairy Queen. I took Becky's girls for her after work, a favor I'm always eager to extend after all the times she so graciously takes my kiddos for me. We certainly made the most of our evening together.
Tonight, in addition to being completely wiped out, I feel an incredible debt of gratitude for Becky - for the grace she extends to our family, for the comfort my kids feel in her home, for trusting me with her kids, for the knowledge that she is always there for me - quick to offer help with lots of smiley faces and exclamation points. She always makes me smile and feel loved!!! :-)
There's a point - I'm not sure I can identify when - when a friend becomes family -when shared meals and exchanges of children becomes commonplace, when what has been shared in friendship makes the friendship a sisterhood. Becky is every bit my sister as she is my friend, which is great, because our kids sometimes fight like they're cousins.
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