Last night, I got an email from a friend of mine. She's not a traditional friend in that I see her a lot, we talk all the time, etc. We talk when we run into one another and connect on a unique level. At one point, I almost went to work for her. But, the job never opened up and later she left the organization in an argument with the board for the non-profit where she worked.
I ran into her the other day and forced her to open up about her son's illness. She wasn't quite ready to say the words out loud, but I pushed. I'm not sure why I pushed so hard, but I was worried about her. It turns out that I have two friends with enough expertise that if she wants to go for another opinion, I know how to help her find the best. She felt a bit better about everything after we talked and didn't fear the unknown quite as much. You could see it in her eyes.
In this email, my friend told me that "you make me feel like I am really missing something important by not having you more in my life." That feeling is completely mutual.
And I'm so humbled by her words. And grateful that she feels the same way about our friendship as I do - that while we interact in some ways as acquaintances, we really are actually friends.
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Friends like that are so hard to find...even if it's just "acqaintance" type friend - via email or short and infrequent phone calls.... keep her as your friend. She sounds good to me.
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