My Lumpy Bumpy Friend

Its very rare I share links or random pictures on Facebook, but I saw this one yesterday and it really resonated with me, this is so true.  I am lucky enough to have a few friends in my life that fall into this category.  Everlasting, life long friends.

Then tonight I was at a meeting at the teen's school and I ran into just such a friend.  My lovely mate H!

We met about 13 years ago when our girls started at the same nursery.  There were a few Mum's that hit it off and used to get together for coffee etc, but H and I were on another level.  When the other Mum's had fallen by the wayside and were off doing their own things H and I were still wreaking our very own brand of havoc!

We laughed together and cried together, shopped together and drank tea together.  Then there was the Lumpy Bumpy cake.....

We were the Thelma and Louise of the Longford Park Mum's.  We had adventures together and shared each others secrets.  But more than that on a day to day basis we just rubbed along, and laughed a lot, a very lot!  You'd be amazed what we could manage in the 2 and a half hours the girls were at Nursery!

At Christmas we'd go tacky shopping and take the girls to see Santa.  In the summer we took them to parks to play.  We did lots with the girls, but we did lots just the two of us too!

She was there for me at one of the most difficult times in my life, she was the voice of reason that looked out for me when I was too busy looking out for everyone else.  She would parachute in and take me away for a couple of hours, some respite, some space to breath.  She'd listen to me rant, whinge and cry, and she'd hug me.  She was always there when I needed her, even when I didn't know I needed her.  I will never repay that debt!

We were joined at the hip for a long time.  But as our girls got older and our jobs changed there was less and less time free to spend together.  Life got in the way, and we saw less and less of each other.  Her life changed and so did mine, for different reasons.  But we were always there when the other needs it.

So tonight we sat together in the school meeting and giggled, and whispered when Teacher was talking, Thelma and Louise are definitely still in there!!  Then afterwards we stood in the car park and chatted.  We could have stood there, in the rain, all night, but the caretaker threw us out!  We laughed and reminisced and talked about the minutae of our lives, all the things we used to do.  It made me realise how very much I miss her.  And regardless of how long its been it really is just like we spoke yesterday.  Life is busy, but I will always love her.  But most of all I am determined to find time to spend with her, coffee and lumpy bumpy, nights out, whatever we can.

Look out world, H & M are back.........

C xx