Recently, I had a discussion with a friend about how hard it is to maintain friendships the older we get. Everyone is busy with work, school, kids and just the everyday trivial things we all have to handle. I know that my friends are busy and have their own lives and I completely understand why I can't see them as much as I'd like to. I am thankful to them because even though we are all busy, when we do see each other, it's as if nothing has changed.

I love my friends, they put up with me and give me much needed advice and tell me the truth. Sometimes you just need to have someone to listen to you gripe about your day or something that really shouldn't bother you, but it does; like when your boyfriend leaves the seat up. You don't know why he does it, because you've told him a million times to put it down, but for some reason his brain is able to retain all of the song lyrics to every Led Zeppelin song, ever, but he can't remember something as simple as that. And your friends will remind you that accidentally scratched his new-to-him car, the day after he got it, when you shouldn't have been driving it in the first place. They keep me sane.

I am lucky enough to have friends who have been in my shoes before, so they can give me the greatest advice, because they've been there, done that, and have pictures to prove it. They understand when I freak out about school or work or whatever I'm having a mental break down about that week.

I may not get to see them often, but nothing changes. We pick up right where we left off when we see each other. I know that I always have them in my corner when I need them, and am supported, even when I don't talk to them everyday.

So, I want to say thank you to the friends who are busy a lot, with work, school, kids and life, for being there and making time, whenever you can, to listen to me complain about something stupid, be a shoulder to cry on when I need one, and for supporting me when I'm unsure. Thank you!