Have you ever had one of those days where you’ve had enough?
Enough
- laundry
- sickness
- fatigue
- busy-ness
- stress
- loneliness
- depression
- and ‘stuff’ …. to last you a lifetime?
Have you ever been there? Longer than just a day? To the point you thought if you uttered one word to anyone about it, that you’d explode into a tirade of rambling tearful outpouring you weren’t sure you could stop it (much less do so and maintain even an ounce of grace and dignity); and worse, you had no one to really and truly share such thoughts with?
Where you woke up one day, looked around at your life and realized you had acquaintances and no true friends. That you are the square peg in the round hole you always heard tell about. The thought of trying to fit in where you knew you couldn’t seems almost too much to overcome.
I have talked with a lot of women like this. The majority of women I talk to say that a friend is one thing they really wish they had. A true friend. That best girl friend that you can call and share things with, do things with. Someone who will stick by you – no matter what. Who will be by your side in good times and bad. Who shares in your joys and your sorrows. Someone who regularly takes time out for you; and you for her.
Even though we are grown women, with husbands and families – we still need at least one true girl friend.
I say my husband is my best friend, because he is. I tell him anything – whether he wants to hear it or not. 
But truth be told, he hears it, in part, because I don’t have a true girlfriend. I have many friends – some closer than others, but no one I would call my best friend.
Today – that grieves me.
Yes, I have Jesus – and He comforts me. My husband listens to me – patient man that he is. But there are some things that only a girl friend can know and truly appreciate. If you’re a woman, you know what I mean.
Today I am profoundly missing my best friend. I don’t know who she is, or where she is. I just miss her.
Do you have a best friend? Have you been best friends since childhood? Or when and where did you meet your best friend? Today, I need to hear your best friend stories.