Friends Know How to Lift Us Up!

Joy is so lucky to have a friend like Paula...she is a friend who really knows how to support her friends...and this is a tribute to her. I think we should make today a day that we all reach out and support a friend who may need us! 

Here is Joy's story....

Tribute to Paula

Although I have only known Paula for a little over a year, I feel as though we have been friends forever. She knows what I’m thinking and understands me so well. I just want to acknowledge what her friendship means to me and to let her know that all the little things she does for others does not go unnoticed. Though she may have chronic pain and illness, she always has time to spare to chat or email. My day doesn’t seem quite the same when I don’t connect with her.

She will send special little gifts when you least expect it. For instance, when my youngest son went off to college and my middle son moved out, all in the same week, she knew I was having difficulty adjusting to the quietness in our home. Knowing I was missing them, she sent me a beautiful Camilia bracelet and said that it was for starting this new phase of my life and for me to add charms to it that would mean something to me.

Just today she told me she just dropped some Christmas DVDs in the mail to me to add to my holiday enjoyment and collection.

One of the most touching things she did was to send me a medal of the Blessed Mother. It is said that her feet have touched it and that she should give it to a person of faith that exhibits kindness. It meant the world to me that she thought of me to honor with this gift. Just as a side note, I must say that I took the medal with me on a recent road trip out west in which I was accompanied by my son and his friend. She came to the rescue on the very first day. While I was napping in the backseat, the boys were driving and not paying attention to the gas gauge. I thought for sure we would run out of gas on the very first day of our trip. The car’s computer said we had 5 miles left on our tank and the road sign said 23 miles to the next gas station. I was trying to keep my cool and was praying quite hard from the back seat . . . and she came through . . . somehow we made it to the gas station without running out of gas. From that point on I wouldn’t let Greg drive unless there was a full tank of gas . . . LOL!

Paula sends me articles from the internet that she knows I will be interested in. Even though she’s working at a crazy job, with crazy hours and a chronic illness, she is always there for me. I know that I can count on her if ever I need her. She is one of the kindest people I have ever met and I just wanted to let her know how much I treasure her friendship and what she means to me.

Thank you Paula for everything!

Love, Joy

Okay...so think of someone you can support today with your friendship...
and then let me know how you do!    :)