Red Velvet and Five sweet friends!

This Morning I (Jen) was met with a sweet white clothed table, two mason type jars with white roses, a plate of 6 Red Velvet Cream Cheese Cupcakes and 5 Sweet Friends!!! What a beautiful sight it was! 9 a.m. Breakfast at Rancheros on the Patio of Sommerville & Perrin with girlfriends turned out to be a sweet little Breakfast Bridal Shower with 5 ladies whom I love, admire and cherish very much!!! A sweet sight to see them there absolutely!! My girlfriend Cori Derksen was sweet enough to orchestrate a little more than a breakfast this morning. Her creative self made our breakfast such a sweet time together. Were there tears? Yes! Were there laughs? Yup! Was there love? All over the table, on all their faces and in all their hugs! I felt so special. And so incredibly loved. I've known Cori since 2004-2005 I believe...shish pinpointing when I met these ladies...met her at The Well Office when she did Kids Connection and I was volunteering for Student Ministry. She has been a part of my life for a long time. I have been so blessed to spend time watching her and her husband do life together, and have had the honor to care for her two sweet little boys Kyle & Drew whom I just LOVE since Drew was 4 months going on 5 years now! Wow!!! My sweet loving never give up on me friend always there when I need her Cori made sure this morning was special. Katie DeManby, oh our hearts are so alike!! Honestly all these ladies I have to say are the never give up on me, love me always through anything, there when I need them most type of women that have been in my life. Katie I believe we met the very same way in the Office at The Well. We've cried together, we've laughed together, we've gone on a missions trip together and she and her sweet family have opened their home to me countless times as well. Katie is the tell me how it is girl who lets me get away with nothing!! I know if I call Katie I will get a reality check on something so sometimes I won't call haha, but she loves me for me where I am at good or not so good she loves me! Lorinda Riffel!!!!!!! A woman in my life who has been a rock even when years have passed, she was a huge part of my foundation a huge part of what I go back to when I remember the person I need to be and was. She has seen me through so many parts of my life good and very hard hardships!!! I can never express fully how much she means to me really loving me like a Prodigal Daughter because I have walked away and I have been stubborn and yet with open arms she has been there telling me that God loves me and so do they and I'll get through it. Kimmie Felker! My sweet Kimmie. I went to Junior High, High School, Youth Group and Mexico Trips with this girl!!!!! My long time sweet dear friend who as she said at breakfast, time can pass and we will pick up where we left off. I love her dearly and am so grateful for our friendship. Oh and the peacocks by your house!! haha.So many silly memories, backyard with the shaving cream. Oh the high school life. Danielle Gordon! I got to meet this lovely lady when her sister was getting married and she needed a sitter for Sam who was almost 1 at the time and now is nearing 3 years of age. She now has a little girl Claire who is 1 and I have been so blessed and honored to care for her little ones on a weekly basis for the past 2 years. She is sweet, down to earth, classy, loving, beautiful and so generous with who she is. I love all these ladies. There are many women that have been apart of my life who I cherish but these 5 ladies I will throw a special shout out to today. Thank you for showing me you love me. I may not always know how to feel it because of what life has thrown me but you make sure I do, with your hugs, talks, memories, and yourselves! Sometimes I feel like it's just me and no one really cares and everyone is to busy with life and it's hard. It's hard to feel lonely and feel like I don't have someone to turn to because I don't wanna bother anyone but time and time again you ladies remind me that you are there for me and I am SO GRATEFUL SO SO SO SO GRATEFUL for the BLESSING, the GIFT that each of YOU are in my life! Thank you for showing me what its like to be a friend, a woman, a person, a wife, a mother. Thank you for teaching me about life through your own lives. I have learned so much from each of you and continue to learn. Thank you for making me feel so loved and special and letting me be apart of your lives. Forever an imprint you have made on my heart and forever will I carry that and I will share that with my kids one day. And I praise God because I truly am humbled and in awe of how much I am loved, I never get it, I will never understand, I daily fail, no where near perfect, am a mess sometimes yet God you show me that YOU love me unconditionally and you give ME of all people these beautiful ladies to have in my life and turn to, wow wow wow. Humbled and at your Feet I fall with heartfelt tears shaking my head not understanding but so grateful for that LOVE that only YOU can provide Dear Lord. I'll never understand but I am loved. I hope I make others feel just as loved as I did today.