I have been abundantly blessed in life with friends. I have
different types of friends, different groups of friends, work friends and
friends that are like family. I have this one group though that formed through
a random text message about a year ago that was sent in a spur of the moment
creation of a group chat.
In this group there is me, my two daughters Jess &
Kailee, Stephannie, Holly and then there’s Rob. The group consists of a
Director, a dispatcher, a college student, an administrative assistant, an EMT
(soon to be paramedic) and a police officer. As you can imagine this group has
the answers to cover pretty much any subject that comes into question. We
communicate every day. We gripe, we gossip and we giggle. We insult each other
(of course with love). We keep up with whose kids are playing where and when
during ball season. We share funny stories about each other, the kids or
spouses.We laugh at Rob’s memes that he randomly throws in for no
particular reason. We share parenting successes and failures, and we keep up with Kailee's Gecko.
There may be days that a random topic escalates into 283 messages waiting for you when you pick up your phone and then there may be days that we just have a text here and there checking to make sure that everyone is accounted for and that everyone is having a good day.
In a world where life just gets too busy to get together and have dinner or have a game night to unwind we have found a way to communicate with each other, to vent and to laugh through text messages. We don't have to get dressed up to go out and sit for hours at a table at Chili's to enjoy each other's company or to even catch up with each other and the busy lives we live. We can each sit in our favorite chair at home, take a break at work/school or even all be doing different things and for a few minutes we can connect with each other.
There's no judging the mom whose kid peed on the sidewalk or whose kid colored the dining room wall with lipstick, there's no criticizing a bad grade on a final and there's not ridicule for the one having a slight nervous breakdown because there aren't enough hours in the day or enough money in the bank account. I think these are the reasons that I enjoy this cellular friendship the most. We all have this connection that enables us to relate or to sympathize with any of life's situations and yet not shun each other because it's not the way we might handle a situation.
In a world where everything has to be politically correct or there is a stigma attached if you have an opinion different than someone else, it's nice to have a diverse group of people with different beliefs and ideas about things. I mean heck we even allowed one democrat in the group chat (HA! Just joking). We might not agree with the fact that Kailee is adamant about the innocence of OJ; we might not go along with Rob's reasoning for not helping with the laundry; we might argue with conviction our thoughts on political happenings. However, we also have things that we are, as a whole, on the same page and we scratch our heads at the ones that don't agree with the same sentiments as all of us do. I promise you this though, no matter what the situation is one of use will have a meme for it!
There may be days that a random topic escalates into 283 messages waiting for you when you pick up your phone and then there may be days that we just have a text here and there checking to make sure that everyone is accounted for and that everyone is having a good day.
In a world where life just gets too busy to get together and have dinner or have a game night to unwind we have found a way to communicate with each other, to vent and to laugh through text messages. We don't have to get dressed up to go out and sit for hours at a table at Chili's to enjoy each other's company or to even catch up with each other and the busy lives we live. We can each sit in our favorite chair at home, take a break at work/school or even all be doing different things and for a few minutes we can connect with each other.
There's no judging the mom whose kid peed on the sidewalk or whose kid colored the dining room wall with lipstick, there's no criticizing a bad grade on a final and there's not ridicule for the one having a slight nervous breakdown because there aren't enough hours in the day or enough money in the bank account. I think these are the reasons that I enjoy this cellular friendship the most. We all have this connection that enables us to relate or to sympathize with any of life's situations and yet not shun each other because it's not the way we might handle a situation.
In a world where everything has to be politically correct or there is a stigma attached if you have an opinion different than someone else, it's nice to have a diverse group of people with different beliefs and ideas about things. I mean heck we even allowed one democrat in the group chat (HA! Just joking). We might not agree with the fact that Kailee is adamant about the innocence of OJ; we might not go along with Rob's reasoning for not helping with the laundry; we might argue with conviction our thoughts on political happenings. However, we also have things that we are, as a whole, on the same page and we scratch our heads at the ones that don't agree with the same sentiments as all of us do. I promise you this though, no matter what the situation is one of use will have a meme for it!
Basically….we are a support group. We are support each other’s
dreams, goals, ambitions and ideas. We make someone feel better when one in the
group may be having a bad day. We encourage each other. We poke fun at each and we laugh at each other. Most of all, we pray for each other. It's a therapy that we don't have a deductible for and at the end of the day is probably much more therapeutic than an actual leather couch that one might lay on while telling a complete stranger all of the mental issues that one might have. If the truth be told we know our level of crazy and honestly we are okay with it.
