Me: Friends...

With all my bitchin' and moanin', I don't stop often enough to recognize those people around me who have shaped me into who I am today.

I have been truly blessed to have crossed paths with so many amazing people. In each one's own right, they are microcosms of goodness and warmth of the fortitude I strive to have.

And these great friends transcend my life's divisions, meaning no matter where I go and how I define myself (college, doctor, photo lab tech, etc) they are ever present, and we feed off one another to the point where talking to them feels like a family reunion revisited over and over.
Good friends are few and far between yet the powers-that-be have given me more than just a handful, sprinkled across the country, always ready with a side splitting story, and non-judgmental ear that listens.

To you all, gods and goddesses in your own right, I say thank you!