Friends

This is a picture I took of my friend's huge dog.  I was at my friend's house to celebrate both her birthday and that of another friend.  We all had dinner around the table and then went out (with some other friends of ours) to an ice cream parlor.  As I was driving home through the desert, driving home from the middle of nowhere where my friend lives, I was thinking about how kind God is to give us friendships that see us through foolish teenage years and then foolish young adult years, and years of marriages, babies, sicknesses, operations, trips to the E.R., all the trials that come into every life.  I am so thankful for the friends who lift me up in prayer, and who surround me with fun and support at all times.