Friends Like These

Some friends come and go, and though it can hurt at the time, most times you manage, sometimes, harsh as it sounds, even wondering how on earth you had stayed friends in the first place when you added so little to each other.
And then there are those friends you know you would miss as much no matter how much time had passed, who are so important to you that you feel almost as if an actual part of you is missing when they aren't around.
My friend B was back in town just over a week ago, being back properly for the first time since she ran off to a Xmas tree farm with a Red Sox fan, I mean really ;-), and it hit me like a freight train quite how much I had missed the lady living here. I have missed B terribly since she left, and having her back home was a wonderful, wonderful thing.
I only hope that the next time, after the next time, fingers crossed, our schedules won't be quite so ridiculously unhelpful and we'll actually get to spend more than a blink of time together. Here's hoping.

(Wine. Italian. Decent. Pizza, huge. Of course. Shoes, fabulous. As always with B around.)