My best friend sent this to me in an email:

When I was little, I used to believe in the concept of one best friend,

and then I started to become a woman.

And then I found out that if you allow your heart

to open up, God would show you the best in many friends.

One friend is needed when you’re going through things with your man.

Another friend is needed when you’re going through things with your Mom.

Another when you want to shop, share, heal, hurt, joke, or just be.

One friend will say let’s pray together, another

let’s cry together, another let’s fight together, another let’s walk away together.

One friend will meet your spiritual need, another your shoe fetish, another

your love for movies, another will be with you in your season of confusion, another will be

your clarifier, another the wind beneath your wings.

But whatever their assignment in your life, on whatever the occasion, on whatever the day,

or wherever you need them to meet you with their gym

shoes on and hair pulled back, or to hold you back from

making a complete fool of yourself … those are your best friends.

It may all be wrapped up in one woman, but for many it’s wrapped up in several…

one from 7th grade, one from high school, several from the college years, a couple from old jobs,

several from temple or church, on some days your mother, on some

days your neighbor, on others your sisters, and on some days your daughters.

So whether they’ve been there 20 minutes or 20 years,

Pass this on to the queens that God has placed in your life to make a difference.

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