Very few people are blessed with a true friend in life. Sure, we may have a best friend for a season, but then the season changes, circumstances change, and most of the time, our friends change too. I am one of the very few with a true friend. I am even more blessed to have a few. But one stands alone, and her name is Amy.
Amy and I met 16 years ago as I began my career at the Tax Collector’s Office. As a matter of fact, I didn’t even like her in the beginning. I thought she, and one of the other girls there, were a little snooty. This is quite funny now, because if there is one quality you will NOT find in Amy, it would be “snootiness.” For some reason, we had to work together on a project, and it has been an unbreakable bond ever since. That was 16 years ago. I was just 18, and would never have imagined I would ever have a friend like Amy.
Amy is the friend who has encouraged me through a divorce. I remember her going with me to meet the mistress, tracking down where they were living, and helping me sharpen my investigative skills. Shortly after the divorce, I found myself staying out later, and partying a little too much. Many times I would oversleep, and Amy would call me to tell me to get my butt out of bed and get to work before I lost my job
After Rob and I got married, and I had children, Amy was still my dearest friend. She loved Cade like her own and was there for the birth of SaraGrace (and even provided some comic relief). Most of you know she was the one in the ultrasound room when we got the news about Faith. She wasn’t supposed to be there that day, but thankfully God intervened, gave her an intuition, and she did what she wanted instead of listening to me She encouraged me, loved my family, and loved my daughter.
When Faith was born, she was there bright and early. She would come back to where I was waiting for the c-section, and just hold my hand, and tell me it was all going to be okay. Once Faith was born, she was one of the first in the room. She was the only one other than Rob and me that held my angel. She took off the entire week to help us out. She loved our children and took care of them, she supported my parents, she helped with the funeral, but most importantly, she was my friend.
There have been very few days these past 16 years that we haven’t talked on the phone, or in person. We have our “morning coffee” on the phone on the way in to work, and it just makes my day. She always listens, tells me her honest opinion, and knows me better than most. She knows my deepest darkest secrets. She’s been on the mountain tops with me and in the valleys. She is the epitome of a TRUE FRIEND.
Proverbs 17:17- A friend loves at all times.
Today, Amy turns 40!!! We celebrated with a wonderful surprise party last night. There is no way in the world to repay her for what she has done for me. My only hope is that I can let her know just how special she is. Friends like her are few and far between.
Happy birthday to the best friend a girl could ever ask for!!! My sister from another mister!
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