Sunday 'phone talks...

aren't they the best?!

You call a friend

or she calls you

and the question

are you busy

is asked

and the answer is always

no

(not for you)

and you start the catch-up phase of the talk

who did what

when and to who(m)!!

the little things in a day or a week

cup cakes that were to "die for"!!

and then the real stuff begins

the stuff that sits on your brain

and drives you nuts

and you need to hear it from another point of view

from someone who knows you... knows how you work

you tell each other the truth

the way old friends can and do and should

you listen, you close your eyes and try to "see" what they are telling you

you try to see them as the story unfolds

she listens and says the thing you needed to hear

the thing that makes perfect sense

and you wonder why you didn't see it

and she says

that's why I'm here.....

you laugh you cry

you guffaw like two high school girls and you even get silly

that's what old friends are for

for being

YOU

and

you 

are just enough for

HER

you don't have to impress

or stun her with who you are

you can just

" be"

no pretense

no secrets

just a voice on the other end of the phone

who says things that make you

SEE

and

make you

KNOW

and

you have

AH HA

moments together

that bring you closer

and solve the problems of the ages

and you wonder why you both don't go to a cabin

in the woods and solve all the problems

because let's face it

you are both brilliant.....

should write a book

one day

one year

you listen, you tell, to how hard things are

sometimes

how the family drives you nuts

sometimes literally

to the brink

and you have to fight and fuss

and they don't see what you are trying to do

because they don't get it

and you do

and until they do

you're screwed

you share the past

a past that spans the life times of your children

you  remember things about them that you had forgotten

her "girls"

and

my "boys"

the day my first went to her house and ate black eyed peas

once and never again

the giant cookie she made one day
the size of a pizza pan
and we let them eat it!!!

the way her girls would eat anything

if she told them I had made it

her first gave me the title of

"the best cooker in the world"

which I should get out and dust off one of these days!!!!

the kids....... all "old people" now!!

what does that make us

it makes us

two friends who have shared a life together

some of it close

most of it far

and when the distance gets too much

you pick up the phone

and bring her close

but it is there

and will be forever

the stories will continue

and the laughter

like the trip she and her husband took

across the width of South Dakota

in two days

straight across

there and back

they got to see

" nothing "

twice

and all they were left with was

 the question

why did god create

SD???

(if any of you reading this live there

hey

it's just one woman's opinion!!!)

.....

time well spent

friendship shared

long distance

but she is there

always

at the end of the phone

never too busy

not for you....

You know who you are

:)

and those balloons you let go of

I'll watch out for them

and if I look real hard

I'll see them

I think I already did!!

you keep the ticket in a safe place

and one day the owner will come claim it

I just know it

I just

KNOW

If you have a friend you haven't spoken to in a while

give them a call

they could use a break

 a good cry

or better yet

a girlish guffaw....or two!!!

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