Shout out to Tiffany

I have an awesome friend who kind of came out of no where. In July 2011 I started working at a day care/preschool after transitioning out of a nanny job. After being there for a week or two I had seen this girl a few times and it was weird but I felt like I knew her from somewhere. Don't you hate when you get that feeling like you know someone but you have no idea how or from where you know them?! So after a day or two of contemplating this I decided just to ask. So I said, "Hey,  you look really familiar, do I know you from somewhere?" She promptly and with a little bit of attitude said, "Yea, I knew you back when we were 14 and lived in the same apartment complex. You were mean to me one day and so we stopped being friends." Or something like that.

How rude, right? Well Tiffany is one of the most blunt people that I know. She always tells you the truth even if its not what you want to hear. That's one thing (among many) that I love about her. Our relationship just blossomed over the next few months. In January we were in a friends wedding together (after only knowing both of them for under 6 months). We got pretty close pretty fast and have stayed that way since, even after we both quit the daycare. It helps however that I can literally walk to her house in under a minute.

Why am I blogging about my friend, you might ask? Well I was sitting here thinking about her and how I love our relationship. I can go to her any time of day and pour my heart out. She always tells me exactly what I need to hear. Sometimes its what I want to hear and sometimes its not what I want to hear but its the truth. Whether it be the happiest thing or the saddest, she listens. We laugh together and cry together.

So the other day, after I posted about my struggle with prayer, Tiffany and I talked about it. We both share a lot of similar struggles when it comes to our relationship with God. So after sharing our thoughts on my post and things we've thought about lately we decided (her idea) that we should meet up and pray together and/or talk about a scripture we read and/or read a book together, etc. I mean, we already see each other basically every day so why not make it purposeful?

I just love that I have an awesome friend who I can be vulnerable and real with and instead of being like wow you're really screwed up she's like, 'let's work on this together because I really struggle too.' I love that. So much. Our first purposeful meeting is tomorrow morning and I'm pretty excited. I'm even going to make breakfast. I'm so glad God brought us back together, even after I was mean to her as a 14 year old....so she says.

(By the way...Tiffany blogs too... http://vivaciousinred.blogspot.com/)