My dear lifelong friend from Nevada came to visit my new home. We were on our way to enjoy a lovely lunch together, but needed a few things from the store first.
We went in to the grocery store for baby wipes and celery.
We left soaring.
My friend, who also happens to identify an impromptu florist, volunteered my Spanish speaking services in the floral department. She just happened to overhear the florist’s request for a translator. Then, through me as her interpreter, she offered to add a dozen red roses to an already full bouquet because a smitten Spanish-speaking man wanted an abundant bouquet for his bride of 53 years.
He could’ve fumbled to buy a decent bouquet without my communication skills. But he wanted the best the grocery store florist had to offer.
I’m SO glad my friend overheard a conversation that wasn’t meant for us.
I’m SO glad she volunteered me to do something I wouldn’t have done on my own.
I’m SO glad to have a friend who makes beautiful things. 🌹
We waved the man off with God’s blessing over his life and marriage. And over lunch we beamed about our newly made memory that we just added to our 30+ years of friendship.
When you have those people in your life…
who believe in you, who want to spend time and go on adventures with you, who inspire you to be the best version of yourself, and who also need you to enhance their possibilities–hold on tight to those people.
Because together we generate a kind of courage and beauty, that by ourselves, neither of us could have done so effortlessly and abundantly.
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