How much you actually miss someone until you spend a little time with them again.
I have a beautiful woman in my life, who I met a few years back through my husband. You see, my husband use to work away on a mine site and he made friends with one of the chefs there. He was forever telling me to call up his friend better half(haha!) because they were so sure we’d get along but in all honesty, it seemed weird to me to ring a stranger and say ‘hi, you don’t know me but my husband has been nagging me to cal you!’.
Finally, we met when our men were home at the same time. I had no idea what to expect, I knew nothing about these people except for what hubby had told me. Well, I had nothing to worry about because the minute this wonderful woman walked in the door it was like the whole room became warm and vibrant!
In the year that followed, she became one of my closest friends. She was one of my amazing bridesmaids who made sure I had champagne in hand and food in my belly(and thank goodness for that because I never got the chance to have any alcohol and a few bites of dinner at the reception!). She kept me calm when I felt like throwing up from nerves. She made me laugh by yelling out of the car window at people on the street that ‘Tracey’s getting married!!’. She was there to give me a hug when my hen’s night turned into a nightmare.
I had the pleasure of being at her wedding when it was just a select few who had been invited.
We’ve cried together when we both went through the shock of unplanned pregnancies. I have helped her with planning her much wanted home birth.
Yes, I am very lucky to have such a beautiful, caring woman in my life that I can call my friend.
I was so sad when they moved away to a closed mining town, we had become such close friends that it felt like part of my family moved away from me. And I missed her, heaps. I still do. Then yesterday, she came to visit on their long journey home, with her beautiful family of course. It was so good to catch up and the kids got to play. Her kids are so loving(her son gave my hubby a big hug and kiss last night and her darling daughter told me she loved me), not that you’d expect any different when they have the parents that they have!
And then this morning they left. I felt lost all day, even hubby said he misses them already. Man, I knew I missed them, but I never realised how much I missed hanging out with them until now. Believe me, friends like this family are hard to come by! We are so lucky in this day and age that we have things like Facebook where we can keep in touch with friends so far away. It’s not quite the same as being able to pop in for a coffee, but at least we can still be a part of each others lives even when life gets crazy busy with work and our families.
So to my beautiful friend, you know who you are. Thank you for being in my life and for being a true friend. Love you forever! And I can’t wait to meet your newest bubby 
/end sappy post.
), hung out nappies on the line despite the black clouds overhead, picked up the kids from school, tackled half of my mountain ‘o clean washing and peeled potatoes.