A good friend isn’t necessarily someone you see all the time. A good friend is someone you love, who loves you too and who you know you could rely on any time you needed. A good friend is someone you can giggle with, cry on the shoulder of and someone who never judges you. A good friend is also someone who turns up to the important events in your life; your wedding, your baby showers. Even if they have to fly to another country or rush across town because they’re in the middle of moving plans…
Today, one of my good friends, and I’m lucky to have a few of those, is getting married. But… Today I am not going to be dancing at her wedding and giving her a big hug to say how happy I am for her. This good friend of mine came to my wedding even though it was in Portugal and yes, it’s the same good friend who was in the middle of moving plans but still managed to rush over to the other side of London to toast me just before I had Jimmy. She is absolutely the sort of friend who I have giggled with, got drunk with, spent loads of time putting the world to rights with. She has looked after me in dark hours and I am forever, forever thankful for her. Yet still… I am not at her wedding today… And I wasn’t even at her hen do… I feel such a bad friend…
The reasons? When she had her hen party it was Jimmy’s birthday weekend. We had long planned to be away for the whole week before and then his party was booked for the Sunday. It was important but I still felt bad. But the wedding? Surely I would have moved anything to be at her wedding? Well, yes, ordinarily but…My cousin is also getting married today. At exactly the same time would you believe. I wanted to go to both weddings but alas, I can’t make myself into two people. If I could then I would be getting up this morning and trying to steal a quick hug with my lovely pal before she walks down the aisle to marry her G. I would be putting my party frock on and doing my hair (just as I am) and thinking about how lovely she will look in her wedding dress (just as I am) and then I would probably cry a little bit as she walked down the aisle…
I will miss her today and although I am somewhere else important, somewhere I am needed to be and couldn’t miss, I will be thinking of my lovely friend KP and checking Facebook for pictures to see when that ring is firmly on her finger!
I can’t wait to celebrate with you at some point lovely friend of mine. Good luck for today, I hope it is a perfect day and I hope you thrash the other side at the rounders!
Oh and P.S, whenever there is a baby shower… I’m there! xx
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