Day 60 ~ Reach Out

Day 60 ~ Reach Out

Mar 1, 2014

My first: I showed my appreciation to a friend.

Kelly is my closest friend right now. Trust me, we've had our ins and outs during the 2 ½ years we’ve been friends. I guess our most difficult challenge is accepting each other without all the expectations that go along with friendship when it deepens. You know, it’s like a friendship can take the same turns that a relationship does. You can reap the rewards from the familiarity and then trip over the obstacles that surface from that same familiarity.

Well, I was headed over to her house to watch a couple of movies and chill after working for half a day on Saturday. I decided to create a “first” that shows love and appreciation to my “go to” friend. I stopped at, of course, your local Walgreens and looked for something personal to give Kelly. I found a card that said it all and then a boomerang! The boomerang represents our “keep coming back” friendship that we have.

I went over to her house and finally gave her the card in the kitchen. I said the “pumps” on the front of the card immediately made me think of her, LOL. She loved the card with its message of friendship inside. I wrote on the underside that I’m glad we keep coming back to each other. After she read that, I reached into the back of my shirt and handed her the boomerang. She laughed her usual hardy laugh. Mission accomplished…I reached her heart and her sense of humor.

This event made me think of how many opportunities all of us miss reaching out to one another. I am so blessed that I am doing these “firsts” each day now because it opens up my heart to love and intimacy whereas before I was oblivious to such wonders!