What about your friends.....?

Remember that old TLC song? I used to love it and play it over and over again on my little tape deck when I was in middle school (yes, I was in middle school when TLC first came on the scene - do the math). Right now I am feeling all sentimental about my friends and family and this particular blog is dedicated to each and every one of them. I am really lucky to be surrounded by such a supportive group of women and men. I have them nearby, an hour away, on each coast, and everywhere in between - and it never matters. If I need them, I can count on them. Simple as that.

I always hear about married women who lose touch with their single friends or vice versa when those huge life changes come and get in the way. Change happens. People grow apart. People get busy. People start families. But the most important friends are those who you can spend months or weeks in between any and all communication but who always leave you with the feeling, no matter how long its been since conversations, that you just spoke to them yesterday. That is SO special. And that is really imporant - because not every friend is the one you can speak to each day via telephone or email. I think it is important to remember that and not judge and not feel hurt because when you get to the point when you judge a friend for supposedly not keeping in touch (when they are probably just as busy as you are) that rifts happen and the friendship is lost. Then years later you wonder why and how it happened. That is a shame. It has happened to me - but I am determined now to hold on tight to all of the friends I have now because each of them is an individual treasure to me. I have something different that I can count on and take away from each of them and I hope that they can all say the same of me.

So - this one is going out to all of my friends and family. Because I love each and every one of them from the tops of their pretty heads to the tips of their big toes.

All together now.... What about your friends?

Every now and then I get a little crazy
That's not the way it's supposed to be
Sometimes my vision is a little hazy
I can't tell who I should trust or just who I let trust me (yeah)
People try to say I act a little funny
But that's just a figure of speech to me
They tell me I changed because I got money
But if you were there before then you're still down with me

Chorus:
What about your friends will they stand their ground
Will they let you down again
What about your friends are they gonna be low down
Will they ever be around or will they turn their backs on you
Well is it me or can it be I'm a little too

Friendly so to speak hypothetically
Say I supply creativity to what others
Must take as a form of self-hate
Only to make an enemy
Which results in unfortunate destiny
They dog me out then be next to me
Just cause I am what some choose to envy
Every now and then I get a little easy
I let a lot of people depend on me
I never though they would ever deceive me
Don't you know when times got rough I was standing on my own
I'll never let another get that close to me
You see I've grown a lot smarter now
Sometimes you have to choose and then you'll see
If your friend is true they'll be there with you
Through the thick and thin

Chorus

Yo is it me, is it me or can it be I am a little too friendly
So to speak hypothetically
Say supply creativity to what others
Must take as a form of self-hate
Only to make an enemy
Which results in unfortunate destiny
They dog me out then be next to me
Just cause I am what some choose to envy

Chorus

People say I act a little funny
I wouldn't change not for no money
I'll be a friend as long as you're a friend to me (yeah, yeah)
Even though I might seem easy
It don't give you no cause to deceive me
It's not the way that I want my friends to ever be

Chorus