On Friends

There are so many directions I could go with this. I do tangents so very well. Know your strengths, my friends!
I allow myself to use bullet points to feel like there is some sort of organizational flow here. But in reality sometimes I'm just terrible with transitional sentences and staying on one topic for very long.
Let's have a conversation sometime. The bullet points will make total sense.

• I have decided the answer to that question "If you could invite three people to dinner...", which I always steered away from because it was too much pressure. But now my answer would be Priscilla Shirer, Ree Drummond and Jen Hatmaker. Based solely on the fact that they are moms who are ROCKING IT. And by it I mean whatever it is that God has gifted them with. With humility, joy, honesty and generosity. I want that. I aim to be that. Put me around a table where people want to inspire each other and my heart will sing. (And they all seem to enjoy great food in a way that I can appreciate, which is a whole other level of connecting.) I feel like I've achieved some sort of adulthood moment by now having an answer to that question. It's bothered me for a long time and now I am FREE. Amen.
• I have decided that if there is one thing I want to get absolutely as right as I can in my life, it is being a good friend. I can say that up until this season I didn't look to Jesus so much as a friend, but he was more incredibly patient with me than I can even sum up in the English language. I looked to him a lot, but not through that lens. And having that has changed my perspective. Regardless of whether I talk to a friend six times a day a or once every three months, I want to be a dang good one. An honest one, and understanding one. One that assumes the best of intentions. One that can guard her heart and still live vulnerably. We bring biases and insecurities, reservations and second guessing. And with all due respect, screw that. We are better than that, friends. Bring you. Bring it to Jesus and then ask him to bring you the confidence in him to be the you he created you to be. Because I want to be cheering you on when I see you do your thing. (Insert lots of heart emojis here. I heart emojis!)
• I watch 'Friends' episodes and clips almost daily. Yes, I follow an ultimate 'Friends' fan Instagram account. This is relevant for zero reason. Other than who doesn't laugh at "Pivot!! Pivot!!!!" 

• Lastly, I wanted to say thank you, friends. To you who ready the last post about our miscarriage. To you who reached out to us. To you who prayed for us. To you who felt that shared experience. To you who loved on some one you knew who has had that experience. To you who loved on us. To you who handled those words gently, with so much kindness and compassion and love  - thank you for being dear friends in this world. 

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