Friends...

Sundays are hard.  Full of tiny potty's and separation anxiety...

and love.

But yesterday ended with a lovely time on the deck of a new friend celebrating an old friends birthday.  Sitting there, faces lit by tiny white lights strung in the bushes I couldn't help but be thankful for how God shows His grace to us through friends.  

Friendships ebb and flow.  

Some were close....

then not...

now are again, only separated by geography...


and those I see every week.  And how God brings new friends when He knows we need them.

What an amazing gift.

My pages of thankfulness are sprinkled with their names...

old and new...

near and far...

and the encouragement, love and laughter they bring.

Truly a gift.