As I write this blog post I am 33 years old. Young, but old enough to have really lived and deeply felt. In my 33 years I have been numb, heartbroken, lost....I have experienced great joy, love, and warmth. Every emotion on the spectrum that we get to feel in this life, from devastated, to elated and everything in between. And I am grateful to say that beside me, navigating everything life has given me, good and bad, have been my girlfriends. Something I can't say enough, something I almost can't put into words (but I will try) is the gratitude I have for the women that have chosen me to be their friend. Women that have opened up to me and trusted me with their most vulnerable truths, women that have let me reveal the most buried pieces of myself. Women that have invited me to their weddings, to their baby showers, into their homes for tea or wine and conversation. Women who have decided that they will offer me their love unconditionally, that they will listen without judgement, that they will be there for the highs and lows in equal measure. To these women, and the women in my future who I will be lucky enough to meet....Thank you. Thank you for your love and your strength, Your support, your words of encouragement, your belief in me. My friends have made me feel like I could be something even when I felt I was nothing. My friends see me the way I only hope to one day see myself. My friends call me beautiful, they light me up, they fill my cup. It is my hope that these feelings are mutually felt and that I convey this as best I can, as often as I get the opportunity. But in the meantime, I want to leave this here. Thank you for your love. Thank you for your time. Thank you for seeing me. I love you.
-Amanda
