Forget-Me-Nots Along The Way

Friday's Feast, Friendship and the Weekend

Appetizer
Create a new candle scent.

Hmmm...I'm not much for scented candles due to my asthma/allergies, however, I love to hold a newborn baby while they are sleeping and smell that sweet freshness.

Soup
Name one way you show affection to others.

Hugging...and people in California just don't hug as much as in other states!

Salad
What is your favorite writing instrument?

Computer Keyboard.

Main Course
If you were given $25 to spend anywhere online, from which site would you buy?

Probably Amazon or Knit Picks

Dessert
Are you dressing up for Halloween? If so, what are you going to be?

We don't celebrate Halloween, but we do have a Halloween tradition.  We get paid on the last day of the month and we have found that Halloween is a good day to go to Costco...it's virtually empty! The kids have fun and don't know any different and don't feel left out.

Well, somehow this Friday's Feast is not too earth shattering and you probably did not find out anything new about me except that I don't celebrate Halloween.  Today I had a nice time spent at the home of a lovely lady from church.  We are similar in age and her middle daughter is right between the ages of my three and her infant ds has the same name as my ds.  The kids all played together so nicely and she and I were able to talk about a million different things. 

I am hoping this is a friendship that will grow as I have really been missing my friendship with Laura. I have a wonderful best friend but she lives 800 miles away and I have a great Mom and many lovely ladies online, but you know sometimes you need some face to face time.  I find that the Lord gives us different friends in different times of our lives. I used to look for the one friend who met all my needs.  As you can imagine, this led to a lot of heart ache!  I am so fortunate that my best friend who I met in 1992 after calling off an engagement (thank you Lord!) meets most of my needs.  I am even more fortunate that my wonderful hubby was my friend before my lover and we still enjoy being friends with each other.  But no one person can meet all of everyone's needs and so I have found that if my eyes are open to the Lord working in my life I will see Him reaching out and providing for me in different ways.

That's what Laura did.  I have another friend, Sonia who has also helped in different ways.  We had a play date at her house this week too.  She is pretty busy, so we don't see each other as often, but she has a special place in my heart and the Lord has used her greatly in my life too.  I have been longing for someone in the same state of parenting as I am.  Mostly I meet young women.  I have nothing against young women and I find that I need younger friendships to keep me from getting too frumpy and stuffy! LOL  However, I also have the need for someone I can share with intellectually too. It needs to be a woman.  I don't feel a male/female friendship of that intensity is appropriate when you are married and really no male/female one on one friendship is really appropriate and if you think about it it is not necessary.  Friends who are male, yes...but I am talking the kind of relationship where you really share about yourself in ways that could lead to emotional intimacy.  I think you all know what I mean.  Well, at any rate, I am thanking God for the beginnings of this new friendship!

This weekend my hubby is going on the men's retreat with church.  He is very shy in crowds and I am really praying for him all this weekend.  He has gone through a lot lately with his health and he also tends to question himself.  I try to encourage him.  He is Eeyore by nature. :o) I think that may be why the Lord put us together.  I am hoping the Lord will really speak to his heart this weekend and also that he too will begin to form friendships.  He doesn't know it yet, I don't think, but all throughout his things I put little post it notes with I loves you on them and reminders that I am praying for him.  I wrote him a card of encouragement and I put that in the box of goodies that I packed...I knew he wouldn't miss that! LOL  If you read this this weekend, please send up a prayer for me.  I am not feeling well and my three lovely children can be a handful for me physically.  Thank you.