anytime you need a friend

It's hard to believe that July is here already.  I swear yesterday was the end of May.  But whatever, I'm thankful to have survived another month in this crazy Alabama heat.  Though I have a strong feeling that the worst is yet to come!  Next month my life long best friend is getting married.  Teckie & I go back as far as I care to remember.  I credit her for helping me survive those insanely crazy high school years.  I'm overwhelmed with joy for everything going on in her life right now.  You know there's got to be a God when He sends people like her into your life.  I admire the honesty & integrity she's always upheld, even when we were teenagers.  Consistency, consistency, consistency!  How rare is it to find a person that is true through and through???  There's a never ending case of the fake people, but it feels good knowing there's someone else who lives & believes like you do.  We were probably the only teenagers I knew (at the time) that cared to enough to go out and promote the ONE campaign and ending world hunger & AIDS.  And it's a fight I'm sure we'll both continue to fight until we go home to meet the Lord.  I don't think I know a more direct person in my life.  I know if I need someone to give me the hard hitting in-your-face truth, I can call her up for a beating :)  A lot of friendships wouldn't be able to take the blunt, direct, unbridled truth we dish out to one another.  I'm truly thankful for our friendship, it has only gotten better & closer with each year that passes.  It shows that distance and insanity of schedules can't break a real friendship.  We're both busier than we've EVER been in our entire lives --taking five minutes to breath is almost impossible, yet we've still kept communication a top priority.  When I have my down days and I feel like no one cares or understands me I remind myself that there is one other person who (kinda) gets me and that's enough for me.  Let's all give God a smile for sending us life long friends!  I'd added a few pics, just kinda show us through the years.