Sisterhood

There is something special about the Christmas season. It's a season full of laughter, family traditions, and the perfect time to walk down memory lane. It is a season of thankfulness.  There are people that come into your life and leave their unique and individual fingerprints. You cannot experience life without remembering the impact they have made on you. Someone that has left a beautiful and priceless impact on my life is my best friend Nikki.  I often call her "My Nikki", "Sis", or "The Other Nikki". 

With our recent visit to see family in Tennessee, my husband and I were able to spend time with Nikki and her fiance' Jason. The time we shared with them was priceless! I look at the hard trials Nikki has had to endure in life and I look at who she has become despite those hardships and I smile.  I smile because she is a person to admire.  My love goes out to her because of the many sleepovers we had growing up, the many dozens of chocolate chip cookies we have shared, and the hardships we have gone through together.  My love reaches beyond that, though, because I see the example that Nikki has set in my life.  She has gone without a lot and lost even more, but she remains positive.  Nikki is always willing to make anyone laugh and she lights up a room with her amazing personality. She is lovely inside and out.  I have watched my sister become such a beautiful woman.  I am happy to know her. 

This Christmas season, I choose to focus on the amazing people that God has put into my life.  My family has grown as I have taken on a new family since getting married.  I am thankful for my family (both old and new!) and friends in my life. 

My Nikki, I am thankful for the friends that ARE family.