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sometimes all you need is a full tank of gas and a good friend…or two…<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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ready for\u00a0a little adventure…go on a road trip…<\/p><\/div>\n

“Never go on trips with anyone you do not love.” ~ Ernest Hemingway<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

I think sometimes all we need to fix whatever ails our soul is a road trip. I love spending time with friends. I also like to see new places and experience things I have never experienced before. Doing all of these things together at the same time can sometimes be life changing. It all depends on who you brought\u00a0along for the ride.<\/p>\n

I’ve heard it said a time or two that it doesn’t matter where you go, it’s who you have beside you on your journey. I don’t know who said it but they were right. I don’t care if you are going on a road trip or just life in general, the people who are beside you on your journey can truly change your life. And having the “right” people with you can make all the difference.<\/p>\n

Just this past week I went on a “road trip” to Virginia. A friend and I rode there together to a mutual\u00a0friends house and stayed there for 3 days. \u00a0Our friend has a beautiful house in a lovely setting with a creek and woods behind it, which lends itself to wonderful sunrises and sunsets. We hiked, went sight seeing, visited wineries and of course we went out to eat. It was a wonderful time, beautiful weather and so much fun. But all of that aside, it was the two friends and the time we spent together that really made the trip special. It was the time we spent talking about our lives and the things going on in our lives that made this trip what it was. Amazing.<\/p>\n

I loved visiting the wineries and doing wine tastings. We all enjoyed this and each of us liked different wines. I think friendships are\u00a0kind of like fine wine. Sometimes the friendship has to sit a bit, has to age until it is ready. Ready to be what it was meant to be. This weekend showed me our friendship was ready. To have friends that you are able to share your deepest thoughts with and not be judged or fear it will be passed along to others is a rare thing these days. How many people can truly share their deepest secrets and not be afraid of how it will be taken or that one day you will have it come back to haunt you?<\/p>\n

If you follow me(and you should, by the way) you know I write a lot about friendship. The reason why is\u00a0because of how much I value the friends I have. Having lost so much family has made me value them even more. We all need friends. Some people only have one or two and that is fine. Even one true friend can make a difference in your life. I am blessed to have so many wonderful friends in my life. People who continually lift me up and help me through the hard times. I only hope I give some of that back. If I have given one small amount of what has been\u00a0given to me than my life has been worth it.<\/p>\n

After a long day of hiking and walking in the cool fall air we would sit\u00a0at my friends kitchen table and chat about the things we did that day. Someone would bring up something funny we said or did and we would bust out laughing. This was the best part of the day. There we were, sitting there together eating apple streusel out of the bowl together and laughing. I looked around the table and fully realized what I had in these women.<\/p>\n

As I drove home from my friends house I thought about the 3 days we spent together and I smiled the whole way home. What I gained from this trip can not be measured by how much fun I had in Virginia, and don’t get me wrong we had a lot of fun. What I gained from this road trip was how much\u00a0my life had been\u00a0enriched by simply spending time with these girls. I have spent time with them before, but I felt something different this time… something had changed. Maybe it was the one on one time we had together or maybe it is the fact we are getting older. But it felt like something had shifted. We are more like sisters than friends. We are joined together by something that can’t really be explained. Nor does it need to be.<\/p>\n

Everyone should go on a road trip with a friend.. or two. Have you ever and where did you\u00a0go?<\/p>\n

” A journey is best measured in friends rather than miles.” ~ Tim Cahill<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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