When girls get together for lunch, you know it's going to be a gabfest of the highest order. It's not like a business lunch, or a lunch date, or even the quick lunch that girls who work together might share. It is an event to be anticipated, and finally enjoyed upon its arrival. Just this sort of treasure occurred today for me and one other friend.
The woman with whom I shared lunch with today has done so many kind things for me that I insisted upon buying the food today. And when the lunch is set up to catch her up on the astounding events that have made your steps lighter and your heart more hopeful, well then I think it's mandatory that you feed the poor girl.
I suggested Chinese, and she agreed. I picked it up to bring home so that we could enjoy some private time without interruption or distraction from our intended intent conversation. And so it was that we sat at the kitchen table, me starving, she saying she was not that hungry. Her blue eyes were lit with curiosity and the smile said she knew something good was going on with me. As I picked at my rice and she ate voraciously, I tried to contain my story to some kind of chronology and sense. But that's not how it went. I fluttered from one thing to the next while she grew to understand just how surprising my life had become.
She knew when to impose her thoughts, when to listen, and when to assure that the wings I have kept tucked under me are still in perfect working order. She took my compliments to her through the course of the telling graciously. She poked fun at me when I needed that. She did all of this while the weight of her own world sat heavily on her shoulders. Friends like this cannot be bought. Lunches as fabulous as that won't be happened upon. And the encouragement that is given in those precious times of friendship cannot be replaced. A friend who celebrates with you even as her own world wobbles forward is a rare gift.
As we ended our lunch with a hurried goodbye because of appointments I had to keep, we promised to catch up even more very soon. I'm thrilled to know that it thrilled her for me. And I'm happy to have friends like this to invite over for such warm sharing. Thank you, friend. Thank you.
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Your friend is very lucky. She probably prizes any time spent with such an intelligent, sharp, hilarious, deeply kindhearted soul as you. Anyone who appreciates such rare and fabulous qualities, who might meet you, would come to the same conclusion.
And a reeeeally good story? Goes down great with munchies. Kind of like what happens to a tub of popcorn when the movie's a thrillride. At least that's my story and I'm stickin' with it...
ditto anon...
Lunchables, I like it!
Hey, I polished off a bottle of the 'sunshine' reisling in your honor yesterday! (you know, in the blue bottle?) LOL Well, I bought it in your honor, I started drinking it when the lighthearted (yeah, right!) movie I rented for some easy laughs ended up pushing ALL my buttons and set me to crying, sheesh...
I miss you lovey we need to get together soon, I have some news to share too...
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