I'LL LOVE YOU FOREVER, I'LL LIKE YOU FOR ALWAYS. AS LONG AS I'M LIVING MY BABY YOU'LL BE.

Dedicated to the true loves of my life; My sassy, beautiful, rockin' girlfriends.

You have to be a friend to have a friend. What an interesting statement from an author that I don't know. For some reason or another as I am absolutely SLAMMED at work and have so much to do that I don't even know where to begin to tackle this mountain in front of me I started thinking about me. Am I the friend that my friends deserve? Maybe, sometimes. But sometimes I go overboard in my bossy, controlling nature. Yeah, Yeah, maybe I am halfway in control of my life, but why do I insist on being the back-seat drivers in theirs? I choose my friends carefully because as my grandfather has always said "you can't fly with eagles when you hang around with turkeys." I love my friends like family and I cannot, absolutely cannot imagine my life without them. I hate the thought of hurting their feelings, yelling at them, saying things that may need to be said but in a tone that I wouldn't appreciate. I know I am not perfect, and I may try to be, but the harsh reality is that I need to look to them, not myself, to be the person that I want to be, because I have to face facts- They make be want to be a better person or I wouldn't choose to have them be a part of my life.

So to you my friend that inspires me to turn off the tube and pick up a good read, cheers to you. To my friend that loves everyone with everything she has even when they hurt her, cheers to you. And to my friend who has a calendar, rolodex, and blackberry as a mind, cheers to you. To my friend who has taught me that it is not always about the appearance, but what is inside that matters, cheers to you. Here's to the friend that has taught me that true love does not rely on a timeline and your prince may come when you least expect it and literally sweep you off your feet, cheers to you. To my whole group of friends who taught me to not be so uptight and to dance like no one is watching, sing like no one is listening, love like you have never been hurt and to live like heaven begins tomorrow~ I raise my glass in a celebration of what we have become together and what the future may hold.

I look forward to the day where all of us are sitting side by side in rocking chairs drinking sweet tea and lemonade (who am kidding, vodka tonics and mimosas.) Reminiscing about the days that we ran around grabbing eachothers butts and overspending on dresses that made them look hot.