25 Days of Christmas-Friendship

Day 2:

Today is probably one of my top 10 favorite Christmas songs. Purely for the memories behind it.

Mariah Carey's "All I Want For Christmas"











There's only one thing that comes to mind when this song comes on...and it's usually to text my friend Susan right away to let her know i'm listening to it, or to film me singing it and sending it to her. Yes, I'm a dork. But the best part is I know she'll do the same thing-so we're dorks together.

She's been one of my closest best friends for over 13 years.

We still crack up about the way we met. She remembers me on stilts and I remember her climbing out of her van in overalls, crazy curly hair and no shoes.

She knows my highs and my lows-and thankfully still loves me despite them.

One look and we know EXACTLY what the other one is thinking.

We often just talk in quotes from movies or the tv show friends. And for us, that's all the conversation we need.

She's seen me at my worst and encouraged me to be my best.

She's been the one to pray for me and hold secrets I merely couldn't trust anyone else to keep. 

She's one of the very few people I can actually go to a sporting event with-and that's saying A LOT.

We have Ruth and Naomi kind of friendship. The kind of friendship where you no longer really consider yourselves friends but family.

I'm thankful for the gift God gave me in bringing her into my life 13+ years ago. 

So even though this song isn't necessarily geared toward baby-Jesus-in-a-manger type of Christmas, it's geared to the reminder of how blessed I am by God.

How blessed I am with this amazing gift of friendship and the glorifying radiance of Christ we try to exude in it.