What can I say about girlfriend's?  You gotta have 'em.

Dave surprised me last week with a proposal to fly me out to Arizona using our frequent flyers and visit my best friend from childhood for 4 days!!  Without the boys!!

I can't wait!!  My friend, Elisa, was the first Christian friend I ever knew and we've walked through most of life together!!  We are born one day apart, went to LSU together, pledged the same sorority, lived in our first apartment together, married our husband's one week apart, had our firstborn son's 2 months apart, and are still best friends.

A friendship like this is rare, as I've come to realize.  The even cooler thing is that we also made 'best friends' with two other girls, Leigh and Catherine, at LSU.  We are definitely a foursome and our bond would be impossible to break.  Why?  Because it is founded in Christ. 

We were in a Bible study lead by the Campus Crusade staff girl, Stephanie, who discipled all of us and changed our lives.  This Bible Study and Stephanie bonded us together as our walks with God refined each other so much.

We've laughed together over melting plastic in the oven and bad haircuts.  We've cried together over boyfriends, lost grandparents, health problems, lost babies, and frustrations over life changes.  We've prayed over each other at weddings, funerals, births, deaths.  We've listened when listening was needed and spoke truth when truth was needed.  We've hurt each other because we are sinful, and forgiven each other because we've been much forgiven.

I can honestly say that in any situation in my life, that these three women, will be at my side no matter what.  That they will always defend me, always understand, always forgive me, and never reject me.  The key to success:  we all live to glorify God and, our friendships, not the perfection of friendship, but the perseverance of it glorifies Him.

I can't wait to spend the weekend with Elisa, though we wish Leigh and Catherine could come too.  We usually all four get together once a year, so this is a bonus!

It's funny how life changes.  Now, between the four of us, we have 8 children...and we're just getting started!  Life may change, but friends like these are constant.

Praise God.