I spent a couple of days last week near Boston visiting a very dear friend, Somer. Our friendship is ever better as we grow older, even as our personal life experiences range more broadly. During my visit we caught up, sipping pot after pot of tea, chatting in a way that's not really possible on the phone. There's something so nourishing about woman-talk; sharing those thoughts and hopes; ironing out those loose ends, confiding fears thereby lessening them. Sipping a hot drink and baking bread, making soup, reading for an hour, or going out for some fresh air. There's a fortifying energy in a true friendship connection, something to count on, to trust in. It takes so much intention but it lets one be oneself in a way that's truer than doing it alone. The best friendships feel fresh.
I hope you have at least one friend like that.
And happy march! We made it.
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8 comments:
happy march to you! one month closer to spring :) i have one friend inparticular where we can go months without talking, and when we finally do see each other, it's as if a day hadn't passed. unfortunatley, she's far away now. i'm longing for some new friendships on the road, but i'm finding it hard to meet people.
hoorah!!! i miss you so much. when are you coming again? your stack of teas is growing (the earl gray alex bought you, and the new box of lady gray i couldn't pass up in the market the other day...)
tiberio sits musing and missing you by the hour, i swear. and the kitchen table feels a little empty. but i'm going to buy some more flowers today on the ride home and they and i will await your next visit expectantly.
I am glad you had a wonderful visit :)
I have some friends like that, just good, earthy, sincere friendships. It is a comfort to know that there is always someone just pick up with where you left off even if you don't see them as often as you would like. Have a lovely spring day!
sounds perfect! somer's kitchen looks like a nice place to hang out. i like the color the brick is painted and, i think i recognize one of those tiles hanging there too :)
Happy March! Glad you had such a wonderful visit.
What a perfect description of (the best kind of) female friendship. I do have a couple of such friendships, although, truthfully do hope for more. Connections like that are just so valuable.
Barbara ~ I love that quality about a good friend, the ability to just pick up the conversation without pause. It's hard when traveling, sometimes you have so much in common with someone you meet but know you will never see each other again, and sometimes it's hard to make those intitial connections for the same reasons. I hope you find some diamonds in the rough. :)
Somer ~ What do you think about meeting in NYC? I could also possibly come up soon again if you can't get off work. I might try the Bolt bus thing. I miss Tibi too. And I have flowers also: white and yellow daisies and purple mum things. :) Could go for a cup of tea with you. Or 3 pots of it.
Keia ~ Thanks, I'm glad you do too. :) Good, earthy, sincere is a good phrase for it!
Jenna ~ Yup, that's your tile! The kitchen is actually a vibrant turquoise, if you can believe it, but that's what polaroids do sometimes with intense blues.
Elizabeth ~ Thanks!
Karen ~ I agree. :)
Brooke:yes.
also- i wanted alex to understand a little of why we talk so much- he and i have been tussling over the fact that he talks so little. I read this post aloud to him, and he said it was so beautiful.
but i still don't know if he gets it.
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