Circle of Friends

Nope, this post is not about that Minnie Driver movie based on Maeve Binchy's novel Circle of Friends. It's actually about my circle of friends!

This particular circle started last night when the timer for my quiche went off at almost the exact same moment that my cell phone rang and someone knocked on my front door. I imagined that I'd walk into the living room to find someone standing on my front stoop with a cell phone pressed against his/her ear, but I didn't! In fact, I found Nate at the front door and then glanced at the couch, where I saw the face of Theresa (my other other mother) on the screen of my cell phone. I ignored the call in order to answer the door.

Nate and I watched half of Jeopardy together, talked about life, and had a good visit. I love that guy to the moon and back! A text with Theresa determined that we'd talk today, which we did, but before we did, a thing happened. And the thing that happened (it wasn't by any means a big or a bad thing... it was just a thing that got into my head and started to bother me) made me really want to talk to my friend Annie.

Annie answered on the second ring. I told her about the thing that was weighing me down and she said everything that I needed to hear because she's amazing. While Annie was spouting out words of truth and wisdom, though, Theresa called! So when I hung up with Annie, I called Theresa, and when she answered, I said, "Sorry. I was on the phone with Annie. She was making my life better." To which Theresa responded, "Oh no. What's wrong with your life?" So I told her about the thing that had been bothering me, but was no longer bothering me nearly as much since communicating with Annie. But do you know what Theresa did? Reiterated everything Annie said! So at that point, I felt doubly better!

Then I talked to my mom. Not because I needed more advice, but because I talk to my mom almost every night, so I called her as usual and briefed her on the day and then filled her in on both the thing and the wisdom offered by Annie and Theresa. My mom is a good listener and offered her own advice, which aligned very nicely with the advice I'd already been given, and then while I was approaching the end of the conversation with my mom, Erin called! And do you know what? Erin was having a thing of her own! And I became the one to offer advice!

And that, friends, was today's circle of friends.