"Friends come and friends go, but a true friend sticks by you like family." -Proverbs 18:24 (the Message)

Today is National Best Friend Day. Who knew? 

I think by now most people have come to understand that I’m a little bit of a free spirited rebel.  Unfortunately for my family & friends, this tends to spill over into holidays, especially Hallmark created ones… I just have a teensy bit of an aversion to media forced celebrations. I just can't help it. The dinners, out, the cards, the flowers, the candy, the jewelry... it's just too much! I always find myself wondering, where’s the ‘love’ the other 364 days a year people?

However, today as I’m preparing to finish up the month of October (tomorrow is the BIG day), I’m totally embracing National Friendship Day. 

Here’s why: 

If it weren’t for MY best friend, I wouldn’t have had a single thing to write about this past month. 

We are so different… 

He’s an extrovert. I’m an introvert.

I’m a writer. He’s a talker.

He’s a doer. I’m a thinker.

I’m laid back. He’s driven.

He’s emotional. I’m not.

I’m silly. He’s serious.

He’s trusting. I’m a skeptic.

I’m spicy. He’s sweet. 

One of the best things about our relationship though is how well these differences work. He is strong where I am weak… & he’s weak where I’m strong. I often tease that without him, our household would completely fall apart… literally.  & without me… well, let’s just say he wouldn’t laugh nearly as much. 

We are however, the same in some really amazing ways… 

We love God.

We love each other.

We love our children.

We love people.

We love ministry.

We love life.

We love laughter. 

Small things? Not to me. These... these are the BIG things. 

 “It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.” 

-Friedrich Nietzsche