The Importance of Children and Friends

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This is a very sensitive subject to me: my children and their friends.  There is not a better feeling in this world then knowing that your kids have good friends in their life – friends they can have fun with, friends with similar interests and kids who are good, kind and loving!

I see the pure joy in my daughter’s face when she is playing with her friend, Madison.  It is like something comes alive inside her and she can let go of any nervousness and anxiety and just be her delightful self.  I watch the same thing with my oldest son. Put a football in his hand and,  with his friend Treajan by his side, he is blissfully happy.  He is diving for passes, in a huddle making up football plays and laughing!

Friends are very important, not only in the lives of our children, but also for mothers, too.  We simply must have that friend that we can break down in tears and talk about our challenges and struggles.  We simply need the understanding and compassion of other mothers in our lives.  We must have a friend we can sit with over a cup of hot chocolate and talk about our dreams. And we must have girlfriends to laugh our faces off with.  One of my favorite quotes is:

“We drop like pebbles into the ponds of each other’s souls.” – Joan Borysenko

So it is, as human beings, as women, as 7-year-olds, we all need friends.  It is work to have friends as a mom, but there is nothing an afternoon at the park with a good friend and happy children running and playing together won’t cure!

“If true friendship can be found, cherish it like a fine gem.  Polish it, go out of your way to keep and protect it.  Keep it safe, but let it shine for itself. It will grow and grow.”  -Mark Swaney