The Baby's Birthday Party

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I know my 23 year old is no longer a baby, but she will always be my baby. A little background for this post: My youngest daughter has some crappy, self-centered friends. But Tori loves them and is loyal. They use her then forget her when they no longer need her. She always forgives them and gives them another chance. Her past two birthdays, they would plan a party for her then cancel if something else, they would rather do, came up. They all throw big, extravagant birthday parties for one another. Tori always puts money and time into their parties, but they keep canceling on her. So her siblings were gonna make sure she had a good party this year. They threw a big surprise party two weeks before her birthday this year. They decorated in a FRIENDS theme because Tori loves that tv show. She got lots of gifts and was surrounded by love and laughter. Two weeks later, her "best friend" decides she wants to have a party for her as well. But Tori keeps getting messages from other friends that the best friend is complaining about having the party. The best friend, as she has done many times in the past, ignores or is snippy with Tori, when the best friend gets a new friend. Tori shows up for the party and the best friend is rude to her. All the other friends leave early because there was no alcohol there. Tori does not drink, smoke, for do drugs. So she is left out of a lot of gatherings, which is a good thing. She only had one friend bring her a gift. She ended up in tears with how the "best friend" was acting. So two of her other friends took her back to their house and they just chilled and watched movies. When I talked to her afterwards, she expressed how happy she was that her siblings loved her so much and they are the ones who made her birthday special. She is also realizing that a couple of her new friends are actually more of a friend than the ones she has known her whole life. I pray that God exposes all her toxic friends and that she has the wisdom and realizes her self-worth through God's eyes. I pray that she moves on from toxic relationships and embrace what and who God has for her.