The very best kind of friend

I have been blessed with really great friends throughout my life. The kind of friends who I met in elementary school and still talk to regulary. Friends have had a huge impact on my life for the better. Almost everytime after I am with or talk to my friends I want to be a better person. A couple of my friends and I have a girls weekend planned in a few weeks and I am so excited.
I have one friend in particular who is hands down one of the very best people I know. She aspires me to be better and loves me unconditionally. I am so grateful for her. She is the type of friend who

• knows I am having a bad day before I even tell her
• sends gifts to my girls on their birthdays
• e-mails me spiritual encouragement
• remembers significant dates and calls me on those days
• encourages me to chase my dreams
• will listen (and relate) to my triumphs and frustrations with motherhood
• is the type of person I can call, even when she is on family vacation, when I really need a friend
• I know she prays for me regularly
• we share about a thousand inside jokes
• we have at least 5 nick names for each other

AND she sends me flowers for no particular reason at all.

I am one lucky girl to be her friend.