Tonight I got one of my favorite things in the whole world.
An email from Tabitha.
It was a "life update" email full of all the kinds of details I thrive on. Every little tidbit about Scarlett Grace. Their plans for the future. Prayer requests.
Loved. It.
I know I've said all this before, so likely ya'll are tired of hearing it, but...well...
There's really nothing like being in the trenches of life with a friend. And in the blogosphere, there is such a freedom. I know people are reading this. But I write from my heart anyway. Sometimes it's raw and likely not something I would say to someone in person. Sometimes it's totally what I would want to say in person given the time to think and practice telling the story.
But with Tabitha, it gets even more raw. I write to her and share with her. Things I might not be able to say out loud. Things I am afraid to even think except for in my prayers.
We talk about our jobs, our miracle babies, our husbands, our parents, our hopes and dreams, our prayer life, what God has been doing in our hearts, where we are confused, where we are certain. Make wishes that God would send down a paper airplane with instructions for us.
In my life, my best friend Mrs. JT is the only other person I have been able to be this raw and honest with. Throughout my life, Mrs. JT has been a lifeline. She's prayed me out of some nasty situations and talked me off a few emotional cliffs.
Tabitha has become that important to me.
Not a day goes by when I am not awed by how God used one journey to change my life in so many ways. A friendship I could never have seen coming. One I did not even know how desperately I needed. He provides. He meets our needs. Comforts our hearts. He sent Tabitha to me.
Like a paper airplane that landed softly in my heart.
An email from Tabitha.
It was a "life update" email full of all the kinds of details I thrive on. Every little tidbit about Scarlett Grace. Their plans for the future. Prayer requests.
Loved. It.
I know I've said all this before, so likely ya'll are tired of hearing it, but...well...
There's really nothing like being in the trenches of life with a friend. And in the blogosphere, there is such a freedom. I know people are reading this. But I write from my heart anyway. Sometimes it's raw and likely not something I would say to someone in person. Sometimes it's totally what I would want to say in person given the time to think and practice telling the story.
But with Tabitha, it gets even more raw. I write to her and share with her. Things I might not be able to say out loud. Things I am afraid to even think except for in my prayers.
We talk about our jobs, our miracle babies, our husbands, our parents, our hopes and dreams, our prayer life, what God has been doing in our hearts, where we are confused, where we are certain. Make wishes that God would send down a paper airplane with instructions for us.
In my life, my best friend Mrs. JT is the only other person I have been able to be this raw and honest with. Throughout my life, Mrs. JT has been a lifeline. She's prayed me out of some nasty situations and talked me off a few emotional cliffs.
Tabitha has become that important to me.
Not a day goes by when I am not awed by how God used one journey to change my life in so many ways. A friendship I could never have seen coming. One I did not even know how desperately I needed. He provides. He meets our needs. Comforts our hearts. He sent Tabitha to me.
Like a paper airplane that landed softly in my heart.
It is amazing how God uses people in our lives for such specific purposes!
ReplyDeleteOh Robin!! I just love you...I am SO BLESSED to know you!
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