Friendship

I'm not sure why I am writing about this here, but I just had the feeling that I should so here it goes.  One of my best friends called me yesterday to tell me the good news that she is pregnant.  I was truly happy for her and her family.  She is a great mother and adding one more child to her family is wonderful.  She is due just 10 days after I would have been due so it was a little bitter sweet for me.  She has known for a while that she was pregnant, but they didn't know when she was due so they waited to tell people until they had an ultrasound so that they had a due date. We already have 2 kids that are really close in age so it would have been fun to have another, but it isn't to be.  And I am okay with that, mostly.  I could only see one way to respond to her news and that was to be happy for her.  I realize that how we react to certain situations affects others and I couldn't dim her happiness because of something that I can't change.  I love her too much to harbor bad feelings for something that isn't her fault-or my fault for that matter.  She told me that she was so glad that I wasn't upset because she was really nervous telling me.  Which is understandable because it can be a really touchy subject.  Past experiences that I would never want to repeat (but that I am thankful for now) taught me that friends and friendship are too important to put aside because someone's feeling got hurt by something that can't be changed.