The 30th Day of Lent

Dear Pam,

Today when I realized that I needed someone to hold me accountable I knew you were my go-to, and your response was just what I needed. Knowing that you realize how difficult it is for me to ask for support and expressing how proud you were of me made it much easier for me to do the right thing all day long.

You've been there for me through it all. You're willing to bash Jeff when I'm not up to the task. You'll put me to sleep by working a crossword puzzle. You'll even take the long walk to my left-wing thinking all the way from your right-wing thinking to make sure I'm still sane enough to get by, but crazy enough to still be fun. You even give me the peanuts out of your chex mix and realize how important a diet coke can be at just the right time.

On most things, we're probably polar opposites, and I even wonder why we're such good friends, so I can only imagine what others think. But on the important stuff like loyalty, being authentic, loving kids and enjoying our white-trash lifestyle, we're united through and through.

Thank you for listening to me rant and rave; thank you for encouraging me in my search for sanity. Thank you for letting me talk for 15 minutes to kindergarteners and 5th graders about how deep big balls need to be planted and not completely falling apart.

Thanks for being one of the few that realizes my heart is probably softer than I pretend it is.

You'll be my first phone call if I should ever need a kidney or be bailed out of jail because you would act first and maybe never ask for an explanation. Thanks for being my friend, for having my back, for loving me just the way I am.

Angela