(Lisa pineapple head)
They make you laugh, they make you cry, they are there to share the good times and support you in the bad.
You know it's been over 10 years since we moved away from within arms reach of our family. We left NZ with the idea to work in Australia for 6 months and see how it goes. Sometimes I've said to hubby if I knew it would take us away for this long I would have never made the move. I miss my family so much. We have been fortunate to have some of hubby's family fairly close by where ever we have lived and that has been great but I have missed my family. It has also been an amazing time and I am not unhappy here at all, this is where God has us right now but that doesn't take away the deep missing of family and old friends. We made the decision to move, it was our choice, but in life sometimes choices are just not simple.
Along the way, through the tough times, the miscarriages, post natal depression, isolation and loneliness God has placed in my life friends. Sometimes only one friend. But that one friend was enough to get me through. We all need friends. "No man is an island" they say, and I agree we weren't meant to do life on our own.
I'm deeply thankful for my friends, those who live by and those who I communicate mainly by email. Those I'm known for many years and those I've just met. Those who I know well and those who I'm just getting to know. You make life fun, you are a gift from God, you each bring so many different, wonderful and unique aspects into my life. You challenge me, you motivate me, you encourage me and you make me feel normal........kinda.
I can't list you all and thank you all enough for being you, some of you don't read my blog, some of you I haven't spoken to for ages (I'm really slack at phone calls!!!!) but I will always be thankful for you!
