Twitter Inspired...

Yesterday several tweets were posted that prompted this post. The first came from Jam Cal-Pin

DJDriftwood @BiggTime3 @dpinck1 when are you guys no longer considered newly weds?

And the second from a great friend, Maine

MaineDramaPro I luv @dpinck1! She knows so much abt me and still luvs me w/o judgment. that's showing God's luv. #greatfriend #randomtweet

I didn't get a chance to really answer Jam's question because twitter doesn't allow enough characters to fully express my thoughts on the topic. Although I did reply to his post indicating that this blog was on it's way. My immediate thought was that we will be a newlyweds forever! Everyday I get excited to come home to him, every time I see his wedding band I giggle like a school girl, every time I think of how our lives will change daily as a married couple as we learn one another more, as we are shaped daily into God's image for us as individuals as well as a couple I get excited. The idea of being his wife makes my cheeks hurt because of the smile that just stays on my face at the idea. I've shared about the crush I had on J, but I don't think I've shared the number of sisters who shared with me how much they liked him too. So, even now, I catch myself thinking, "I'm married to Justin Davis!" Which looking back on the late night conversations that I had with brothers and sisters as an undergrad discussing the notion of dating another member, J was always adamant about never dating a dove. When I remember his argument, it just makes me smile even more, because after years of friendship, he didn't see me as a "dove" anymore, I was a friend that he pursued to marriage.

To me, the daily challenge of learning one another, learning to be married, and using the mirror of marriage to make ourselves better is what will continue our status as newlyweds forever.

Now that second post, simply made me smile. But, after a few minutes I began to reflect (as I sat in traffic) on the quality friendships that I have with some great women. As I thought about the friendships that I have, I realized that they are truly random! I'm not sure where most of my friendships began and what pushed them further along to be as deep as they are? I have a running joke with a friend, Mel B, about not knowing where she came from, but with our friendship now, I wouldn't give her up for the world. The same with Maine, Nay, Joche, K-Mack, SRLaBoo, Thurston, Lindsey, Toyin and Deri... I can't necessarily pinpoint when our friendships moved from associates to friends, but I'm glad that they did. And even though, some of those friendships are deeper than others, and some have a different focus, they each make me better. They have each cause me to focus on myself to be a better person, to put aside some prideful thoughts/behaviors/etc. but if not for these relationships I can't say that I would be a wife right now, or a leader in ANQ, or the steps closer to Christ that I am. I appreciate and love them for being them and loving me enough to be me.