Humbled and Grateful

I am surprised at how good a group of friends I have.  Sometimes it feels very isolating when you spend a lot of time at home as a caregiver.  But it's really great to know that good friends will come into the cave with you and help you tackle the bear inside. Whatever the bear is at the time.  My "bears" are lack of reliable help with my Mom, an occasionally crazy and hectic schedule, the guilt that I feel from being away from home and keeping the household running.  My good friends have offered everything from staying with my Mom for a number of hours to grocery shopping for me to taking the kid to school for me when my schedule is crazy.  They are such a God send and I truly love them - not for what they do as much as just for who they are and what they stand for.  They say that birds of a feather flock together and in this case it's true because I would do anything for them as well.  It warms  my hardened, frozen heart to have such a loving and caring friends.