"L"

I have a friend who has 1 month to live for every minute before she surrenders for a year in prison.

I'm sure she is going to live every moment she can planning for the future, loving on her kids and connecting with her husband. (He has already started his sentence.)

"L" is a sister in Christ, a mother of 3 and someone who simply made a stupid mistake.

I have known L my whole life. Scratch that, I have known of L my whole life. She is the little sister (read annoying follower we had to include) of my childhood best friend. However, I don't really know her. I have stayed in touch with her lately following her present story and have realized this is someone I NEED to get to know more and more importantly I WANT to get to know more. Through the last few months a friendship has started.

I have spent the last 2 evenings googling/researching what I can inorder to learn the best way to be a friend to someone serving time.

During this research I have come to the following conclusions:

- I take my freedom for granted
- I treat my wants as needs
- I am commiting to doing all I can for her as a friend


THIS NEXT MONTH I AM COMMITTING to Thriving.... to live every moment, every minute, every day as if it is important. This won't be easy for me. (My last FB update was a rant...) There will be stumbling and falling and flat out forgetting but my hope is that blogging will keep me accountable.

I want to know that when May arrives I am ready to take on the challenge of loving on this friend and feel as if I need to thive in my life in order to do that justly. How can I spend energy encouraging someone without encouraging myself first!