The wealthiest woman alive!

I am blessed to have really amazing friends.  The kind of friends that you can actually screw up (like a whole lot and multiple times over!!!!) and they are still standing next to you.  I have a plethera of pals, friends, close friends, best friends and then there is the inner circle.

My inner circle is enough to make a basketball team but without substitution options and I would be the coach.  (If you don't know anything about basketball what I just said will make no sense to you.)  My inner circle consist of a rare breed of friends.  The kind of friends that will help you bury a body and never say a word.  I wish I was lying but it's totally been offered!  I want to give a shout out to these special few.....

(TG) - I have known of this girl since high school.  Back then we didn't run in the same circle.   A little over a year ago, she moved into our neighborhood and she is totally in my inner circle now.  The special thing about her is that she gets me, like all of me even the really jacked up parts of me.  She listens to me talk in circles and has never, ever, ever smacked me for being stupid (I still haven't figured out what has restrained her!)  She has stood beside me and never made me second guess any decision I have made, even if it's been a bad one.  We are so connected in spirit that even if I haven't talked to her in a couple of days and she doesn't know I am feeling down, she texts me inspirational quotes to lift my spirit at the just the right times.   Everytime!!!!!  Only someone in tune with you has that ability.  I totally heart the sh*t outta her!

(BJ) - This beautiful red head stole my heart at a birthday party for a mutual friends daughter.  She came into my life at a time that I was losing the woman that I had considered not only my best friend but my only friend.  It's in my friendship with her that I found healing and that I could open myself up to people once more.  I wouldn't have any friends if I didn't have her friendship.  When I screw up (like really bad) she is the one that I am scared to fess up to because her opinion of me matters so much.  She has kept the Lord's ear chalked full of prayer for me.  We have experienced several loses together this past year, in those loses our hearts have grown even more close.  If I ever ended up in jail, she'd be the first I'd call to bail me out. (Let's face it, I would probably end up there at some point with three maybe four outta the five other people I list here today).  She has never judged me.  She has only loved me.  I totally heart the sh*t outta her!

(JB) - Then I come to this next tall drink of cool water.  I've known her for all her life.  She is legit in my family circle (like blood related and all!).  We were not close as children, although we do have a few epic stories that we can tell on each other ;P  Not only does she respect me but she sees me, the real me the no bullsh@t me.  The mouthy, sassy awesome me and she loves me for just who I am.  A smart @ss!  When her heart hurts my heart hurts.  If someone breaks her heart I want to break their face.  Yeah, that's how intense my love for her is.  I love her kids like they are my own!  One day we are going to be two old bitty's together doing some epic people watching!  I totally heart the sh*t outta her!

(MB) - So there is this one guy mixed in with all these amazing women and I think he is pretty amazing too!  I've known him for almost 20 years.  We had lost touch for a huge portion of that time but once he was back in the picture in my heart it was like he never left.  He is a voice of reason for me and his claim to be a realist is spot on.  His words have helped me to see some things in a different way.  He has spoken words that have helped me to accept that my circumstances are changing and that I will be able to adapt.  I get to say what I want and how I want and he doesn't take it the wrong way, twist my words or make me feel bad for having absolute melts downs over the small things like putting my kids back into public school and getting a job for the first time in eight years.  He teases me plenty enough for being a girl but his level and my level of sarcasm are spot on.  We get each other.  I totally heart the sh*t outta him!

And finally but so not least....

(JP) - I met this lady last semester in my UI100 class.  She was the other "old" lady in a classroom of fresh outta high school babies.  We quickly became pals.  She is so beautiful and I fear she fails to see it.  She has the singing voice of an angel and I am always bragging on her!!!  She is a tough cookie and I admire her for it!  She totally calls me on my crap!  Another thing I love about her.  We've only been pals such a short while but I am sure that we are going to have years of great shinanighans to come!  Of the five here, I am pretty sure she is the one I would end up in jail with first (MB would be my second guess but we'd end up there for far different reasons).  I seen her get mouthy with a broad over the way the lady talked to her friend (TG would do the same thing).  She is the kind of friend that you want to have your back! I totally heart the sh*t outta her!

There you have it.  My inner circle and if you didn't know before that five members make up a playable team in basketball, well you do now.  I have many other close friends that I am plugged in with and I consider to be very near and dear but these five are my peeps that I am totally in love with.  The people I would do anything in the world for.  It's my prayer that each of you have an inner circle of your own.  Each person in your life brings strength (sometimes a weakness or two even) but the good friends, I mean the really, really exceptional ones, only add value to your life.  If I only had these five people, I would be the wealthiest woman alive.