I know a lot of people spend the month of November giving
thanks, and not just on the big holiday. I try to remember to be thankful every
day this time of year, but with being so busy, especially this year, I feel
like I need an outlet to actively give thanks. So for November I’ll be blogging
about all the wonderful things in my life. I can’t promise that I’ll blog every
day, but I will try to put together 30 thankful thoughts that I’ll share in
segments throughout the month.
So tonight, on the first night of November, I’m thankful for
new friends. I had dinner tonight with one of my “newest” best friends. A sweet
girl I met over a year ago, but didn’t become close with until about six months
ago. Making girl friends as an adult is super weird. We were laughing tonight
at dinner because on our first “girl date” we each kept ordering drinks because
we each wanted the other to think we were “fun.” We’ve learned over the past months
of friendship that neither of us are big drinkers, and we both went home
absolutely trashed after trying to make a good impression on our first date. So
silly.
But in all honesty, there’s something special about finding
new friends as an adult. They don’t know your history and the ugly parts of
your life, and you can share those experiences with more perspective than you
could in high school. New friends are teaching me a lot more about loving
different kids of people and expanding my social horizons, and I just love
that.
So to the ladies that I’ve grown close to in Washington, I
am so grateful for you. You have helped me to become an independent woman, and
you’ve been an incredible blessing in a really lonely time in my life. And I
will love you forever because of that. And please, please come visit me in
Pittsburgh.
To making new friends,
Lia
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