blessed

as one friend keeps reminding me, we are blessed to have the friends we have.
i often marvel at the friends i have.
how did we meet?
what do we share in common?
what keeps us friends?
pretty amazing stuff.
there are friendships were we spend lots of time together. and don't get sick of each other.
there are friendships were it swings between feeling like a parent and a little sister.
there are friendships that are borne out of certain things we do.
and that's definitely not the extent of them.

for all of them, i am very thankful.

thanks to M for the loan of stella. i hope oliver isn't feeling alone.