Welcome to Wednesday Word, a weekly linkup for everyone, not just health and fitness bloggers. Each Wednesday you will have a single word prompt to write about. Let your imagination run free and share with your readers your interpretation of that word, or simply use it as inspiration for your post. Today’s word is friendship…… I’d love to have you link up, and if you do, please remember to follow my six simple rules.
Friendship – the state of being friends : the relationship between friends
a friendly feeling or attitude : kindness or help given to someone
~ Merriam-Webster
Friends come in and out of our lives like the ebb and flood of the tides – certainly not intentionally, but with uncontrollable changes in our lives… We may drift apart physically, but our feelings for our true friends never change.
My friends from college, whom I mostly communicate with through social media or Christmas cards, are friends that I’m able to pick up with right where we left off when we got together at our last reunion or tailgate. We may not live near each other or visit often, but when we do get together, we have a blast. These are the people I’ve known the longest, have the most history with, and our friendship endures.
My close group of friends, whom I’ve met through our children, on the running trail, or in the gym, are people who mean the world to me. Our lives are busy and we don’t make enough time for each other even though we keep saying we’ll change that. It’s no one’s fault really, it’s just the way our crazy lives have become. I know that they would do anything for me; as I would for them.
Running friends are the easiest to stay in touch with because we visit while out on a run. This group of friends are made up of people who either hired me to be their coach, or I met through one of my running groups. I’ve always said that you can get to know someone by running with them for twenty miles better than any other way. There’s a vulnerability that’s exposed on those long runs, an honesty in conversation, and the real soul is exposed.
As blessed as I am with so many friends, there’s one person who I’ve had the longest friendship with – someone I see every day and consider my best friend. He’s someone who knows me better than anyone, shares many interests, and yet is so very different than me.
I first met him in December 1976, I married him in August 1981, and now all of these years later I still feel the need to pinch myself to make sure I’m not dreaming. Being married to my best friend is a gift, and one that I don’t take lightly…
With whom have you had the longest friendship?
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Wow! Someone who’s bern married even longer than me! Congrats!
Judy @ Chocolaterunsjudy recently posted…Running Friends
Thanks, Judy!
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I love you guys so much. You are such an inspiration for what marriage is all about. xoxox
Erin Troia recently posted…Wednesday Word: Friendship
Awww, thanks, Erin! xoxo
With the whole kid-going-to-college thing I’ve got going on, I am admittedly super-sentimental right now, but your post just made me so happy. You and Bill are a lovely, lovely couple!
Anne recently posted…Do a Friend a Solid
Thanks, Anne! I consider myself a very lucky girl!
How wonderful! I consider my husband my best friend, but he doesn’t always provide what my sister does, what my old friends do, what my running friends do…I feel very blessed to have a handful of really good friends in my life!
Wendy@Taking the Long Way Home recently posted…A week of friendship
Friends from different walks of life certainly fill different needs. I always wanted a sister, but since I don’t have one, I do feel a void there…
I love that you mentioned your husband as your best friend, yes they are the ones who have seen us at our best and at our worse! I also agree with you about running friends get to know you so well after long runs where we tend to just pour out our soles! It can make a long run seem much shorter with good company! Thanks for the link up! 🙂
Tricia@MissSippipiddlin recently posted…Running Friends
So true! I ran all of my long runs alone for my first two marathons, and couldn’t imagine running alone for that long now. Friends really do make the time go by so much faster!
My husband is the complete opposite of me. And, I think that’s why it’s worked all these years. You are a lucky lady. In a house full of men, I felt I needed a special girlfriend or two.
HoHo Runs recently posted…Good Friends
Aw love the shout out to your hubs! And Yes, running friends are the easiest to stay in touch with! I also love those friends where you can pick up where you left off last time and not miss a beat!
It always amazes me how easy it is to settle back in with those really good friends who you haven’t seen forever, but feel so comfortable around. It’s a wonderful thing!
So glad the two of you have such a close relationship and that you are sharing your life with the one you love most!
[email protected] recently posted…Beginnings
Thanks, Stephanie! So am I!
My college friends and I are like that, too – we just pick right up where we left off whenever we see each other! I am also lucky enough to have married my best friend, and I always count my blessings for that. Running friends are definitely the easiest to keep in touch with, because you regularly share miles together!
Meagan recently posted…Prepare for Takeoff
We are lucky girls, and we both found our husbands at the same place! 🙂