Here’s To the Friendships

Here’s to the friendships.

Here’s to the childhood friends.
The friends who have grown up together.
The friends who have seen us at our best and our worst.
The friends who know each other’s secrets.
The friends who know where we came from.
The friends who made us laugh uncontrollably.
The friends we ran to when our hearts were broken.
The friends we stayed up with all night on the phone.
The friends we got in trouble with and the friends we would get in trouble for.
The friends who have seen us fall on our faces.
The friends who have laughed at us and the friends who have laughed with us.
The friends who have scraped us up off the floor.
The friends who cheered us on and celebrated our lives.
The friends who have moved away.
The friendships that have survived space and time.
The friends who no longer talk daily but will drop everything in an emergency or just because.
The friends who reminisce with us and will stay up all night laughing and talking.
The friends who are honorary aunties to each other’s kids.
The friendships that have overcome falling outs.
And the friends who are closer than ever.

Here’s to the friendships we made as adults.
The college friends who walked beside us as we figured out what we wanted and who we were.
The work friends, the ones who get us through each day.
The mommy friends who have walked with us from diapers to diplomas.
The friends who are genuinely surprised when we talk about our formative years.
The friends who love us anyway.
The friends who show up when you need them.
The friends who don’t care what your house looks like but will also cook you a meal, do your dishes, and fold your laundry.
The friends you can say “TMI” to, who say there is no TMI between friends.
The friends who will go to bat for you, sometimes with a bat.
The friends who will drop to their knees and pray with you and for you.
The friends who hurt when you hurt and cry when you cry.
The friends who give you strength.
The friends who make you laugh until you cry.
The friends who call just to do a wellness check.
The friends you can ask anything of at any time.

Here’s to all the friendships at every stage of life. Thank you, God, for the gift of friends.

“No man is a failure who has friends.” – Clarence in “It’s a Wonderful Life”

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Articles by Cari Resnick

Cari Resnick

I am a wife to my firefighter husband and mom to three growing boys (two teens and a tween), one rescue pup, and two rescue cats. I’ve wanted to be a writer since the third grade. In my free time, I enjoy reading, writing, blogging, card making, running, hiking, walking, cooking, going to the dog park, and spending time with my family and friends. I have published two books, Loving You, A Journey Through Forever, co-authored with my sister, and a collection of Poetry titled, The Lord is Good, Poetry, Prayers, and Reflections. I also have stories and poetry in Chicken Soup for the Soul, Just for Teenagers, Mother’s of Angels, Mother’s of Angels Two, In Celebration of Sisters, and Soaring High. You can find me at lifeasafirewife.com or on Instagram at cari.resnick07.

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