Dear Merrie Beth

It's funny how sometimes you make friends in the least likely places. I NEVER would have imagined becoming good friends with someone I met while learning the difference between Transition and Active Labour or talking about what it means for one's "water" to "break."

I also never thought I'd spend most Sundays hanging out with someone whose husband took a group picture while holding a pair of forceps. LOL!

But God works in - to be cliche - mysterious ways, and this situation was no exception. I feel incredibly blessed each time I think about our friendship and how God put you in my life at just the right time.

I needed someone who completely understood my pregnancy woes, my first-time-mom joy, and my sudden lack of sleep at the end of July. I needed someone who loved God as I do, and who would accept my beliefs without hesitation. I needed someone who would work as I was to be the best Christian mom and example possible. And God sent me you.

Perfect.

Regardless of whether or not our girls remain friends through childhood, the teenage years, and adulthood, I'm fairly certain you and I will. I'm expecting to call you up and rant about how angry Kayla is making me with her 15-year-old attitude...then call you back the next day in tears when she surprises me with a home-cooked meal for dinner. I'm expecting us to attend each other's daughters' weddings, and perhaps their graduations. I'm expecting you to email me about Chloe's endless string of admirers and we can laugh at together at their antics.

You are a great listener and I love talking about motherhood with you. You and I have a lot of the same ideals and morals and it's such a relief and joy to know someone like that. I feel like I can talk to you about anything, and I love that, because there are some things husbands just can't understand that other women do. :)

So thanks for being such a good friend.

Becky