Michele. You know how I feel about that already—YOU are the friend here, you have been since I met you, and, right now, no matter how much I love and care about you, nothing changes the fact that you are going through this and I am not. You are doing it with grace, my friend, and I admire you so much—I already did, in fact, but now especially.

Thank you, Jessica. I know she appreciates that.

JessieV, Please believe me that I feel this awful sense of guilt when people say stuff like that. She = great friend. Really. I hope you roast yourself some squash soon – it is wonderful.

Lo, Thank you for that sweet comment. She is a friend I’m blessed to have, along with so many other people who love her.

“I wish you could meet her. I wish you could know the kind of friend who extends grace when you don’t, who challenges you by example, who makes you laugh out loud with her stories. The kind of friend who, when you show up unannounced at her doorstep Wednesday night, welcomes you inside, no questions asked, comforting you more than you are comforting her, demonstrating faith in the One Who Made Her as you recount specific Providences together.”

Now THAT is a friend anyone would be lucky to have — she is good to have found you. Blessings to you both!!