What a real friend does

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Melissa has been my friend for about 20 years now. When we first met, she was 16 and I was about 44. Sounds inconceivable that we could really become friends. At first, she came to me as a mentor. I worked at a church and she had just had her Confirmation and was having boy problems and parent problems, so we would go out for lunch and talk out the problems. I left my job a few years later to take care of my elderly mother and we lost touch. She found me 7 years ago on Facebook and we met up for lunch. She was the married Mom of 2 at the time (3 kids now) and our friendship blossomed. She and my husband met and also became good friends. I spent the day with her and her family today. She and I went to see my new apartment, then we headed out for lunch and then went to her house where we had dinner, played with her new puppy, hung out with the kids and just had a wonderful time. She's had some health problems lately and has taken to writing children's books to explain some of the problems mommies have, so children will understand better. And she handed them over for me to read and critique. I just think she's amazing. She decided we need more time together, so she's coming back on Monday to pick me up so we can go to see a movie. What fun! I know that I needed this time out of the house, bonding with someone and I learned that she needed my ear again, too. I really do love her family so much and they make me feel very connected. But that's what real friends do, after all. :)