But oh! the blessing it is to have a friend to whom one can speak fearlessly on any subject; with whom one's deepest as well as one's most foolish thoughts come out simply and safely. Oh, the comfort - the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person - having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words, but pouring them all right out, just as they are, chaff and grain together; certain that a faithful hand will take and sift them, keep what is worth keeping, and then with the breath of kindness blow the rest away. ~Dinah Craik, A Life for a Life, 1859
I spent the evening with some of my oldest and dearest friends (eff we're 20 years old) some of whom I've known since kindergarten, others since what? second grade? It's amazing how even after months of sparse contact, we can come together in a night and talk as though no time has passed. I'm convinced that each of us only gets that opportunity with a few people and that these are the lasting friendships we need to most cherish and work to maintain -- luckily they are also the ones that seem to take the least effort to maintain.
I love you girls.
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