Reunited...and it really did feel so good!

This weekend my amazing friend and college roommate, Judy was in town.  We have not seen each other in almost exactly 3 years.....3 YEARS people, that's a hecka long time.  I was able to spend most of Friday with her and her daughter Keeli while they waited for her parents to get into town.  We did some shopping, Boston and Keeli ran wild around the store, ate lunch and spent the afternoon catching up on each other's lives.  It was honestly one of the best days I have had lately.  We were crazy in college, and she was there for me through a lot.  You get to know a person pretty well when you live with them for 2 years! 
I've talked a lot on this blog about the importance of good friendships in my life and the struggle that I often have with it.  The older I get, the more I realize how much I need good girlfriends in my life.  I envy those girls that get together monthly for girls night outs and go to lunch on a whim just to catch up.  I can't pinpoint the reasons I don't do those things, but its something I wish I did.  Often times, from my perspective anyway, I feel like I put forth a lot of effort when it comes to maintaining friendships. I stress, over analyze, pick myself apart, and question if I do enough to be a good friend to those in my life. 
And then, I get back together with this girl and it's like she's been apart of everyday life forever.  It's easy and familiar and comes naturally.  After our day together, I may or may not have broken down crying to Curtis when I said, "Do you ever have days that make you so happy, and yet so sad at the same time because they don't happen often enough."  It was a day I very much needed. She's gone through so much since college and I admire her strength and perseverance and yet she's still the same good friend to me she's always been.  Saturday night, we met up for frozen yogurt at Menchies...Curtis offered to stay with the kids and let us catch up and I'm so glad he did.  We talked and laughed and reminisced about old times until almost 1 am.  We promised to make an effort to get together waaayy more often and I left feeling grateful to have even one friendship like this in my lifetime.  So thank you Judy, for being the friend I'm always striving to be...one that makes people feel good about who they are and happy knowing that someone else just plain gets it.