You know those friends that you have that you might not see that often, but then when you do, even if it's been a long time since you've seen them, you can just start right where you left off with them and feel like no time has passed? They are those friends that you went to college with, or the ones you use to work with, or the ones who you just lose touch with for no particular reason, but they are people with whom you will always be close? I am thankful for those friends in my life. I'm thankful that I can pick up the phone and call Julie in Buffalo, or Angie in DC, Krissy and Beth in Atlanta, or Beckbo on Martha's Vineyard and have a conversation like there is no distance between us. I am thankful for my steadfast friends, the ones I see every day, or every week who never get tired of me, and whom I never tire of. I am thankful for the friends who go out of their way to spend time with me. I am grateful for the friends whom I want to go out of the way to spend time with. I'm thankful that I have people to call on anytime I need them, and I am grateful that I am given the opportunities to be called upon. In the story of my life, I am thankful for such great characters.