Kindred Spirits

Yesterday, my youngest had her old friend (and I use the word, old, with a smile...) from preschool over for a play date. My oldest likes K. also and so also played with them this time...but deep down, K is really Lil Cherub's special little friend. A friend who shares her love for all things princesses and fairies and cookies with icing.

My youngest attended preschool with her last year (in the 3's class) but with money a bit tighter, we opted not to send her again this year- especially since I was home schooling anyway.
Sometimes as much as four months will go by without them seeing each other. (And in Pre-K time, that is measured more like four years to you and me!)
Some friendships would be all but forgotten by this age if they weren't constantly being thrown together by one reason or another. But not these two...


Not only do they remember each other well...but it is so obvious, every time they are together, that their friendship is so very
special.

What is it about certain friends that become like "kindred spirits" as Anne of Green Gables so eloquently spoke of? What makes certain friendships, that even when time and distance grow looming, they refuse to die on the vine from lack of nurturing, but instead somehow thrive.
You see them again and it's as if no time at all had even passed...your connection is still completely alive.

I have a few friends like this. One friend just isn't good at e-mails and phone calls, but it is "a given" that our friendship is for life. We live about an hour apart, and we do try to plan lunch dates, but sometimes that only actually happens twice a year. Yet, when we do finally manage to squeeze that time in for each other, there is no awkwardness or disconnection. We're just....friends.
We still remember what kind of tea or coffee the other one likes, and we still laugh at the very same things.

So this afternoon, I loved having this little friend over to play. She is so sweet and easy going- a real pleasure to have around! And most of all, she seems to adore my little girl and the feeling is mutual.

It fascinates me, really...to see a friendship between five year olds that is so real.

And they just don't know how blessed that are. Real friendship- real in the true sense of the word- is hard to come by.

And though I have those "forever friends" that I mentioned...those friends that I see so sporadically but yet, we still remain close.....watching them made me long for more of those sweet and uncomplicated friendships that these two little girls modeled today. The kind that hasn't been tainted by years and our wonderful "maturity".
No pretenses, no head games...just pure honest delight to be together.

You know, I've caught some glimpses of these kinds of friendships through the people whom I've met in this blogging community. I know many of you have echoed the same feelings...that it is amazing how strong a bond we can form with friends we have not even met in person.

And watching these little girls today taught me that I want to go back to simplicity of friendship. To remember how it felt when hearts were so pure and tender.
To pray for more friends in which I can have that undeniable connection with- a kindred spirit... that whether four months or four years go by, we are still irrefutably friends.

And if we can share our talks over pink circus cookies and cherry 7-Up...well, so much the better.