For My Children...

In my time I have been in Second Life I have searched for someone to be my best friend.  I have found a couple good friends but over time we have lost touch. I will continue to search and hope that person will come along.  I have my kids and they will always be my best friends whether we are in SL or not.  My daughter Jennah always gets upset with me though when I mention I want to find a best friend.  She feels she and I should be best friends and that should be all I need.  What I have failed to communicate to her is she and Joey are beyond being a best friend.  They are my children and also my friends and are closer to me than even a best friend could be.  They know me better than anyone ever could and they are in my heart forever.  We are beyond friendship, we are family and family is there for you, through all the good times and especially through the bad.  We love each other no matter what happens and never give up on each other.  To me that is better than only friendship, that is forever.  What inspired me today was this quote I found on PinInterest…

This made me reach down into the depths of my heart and hopefully convey to my children that they are not just a friend or even a best friend.  They are forever friends and forever my children and are in my heart until the day it no longer beats and the love I have for them will live on in heaven.  This is what SL is for me, meeting people that you get to know and love just as if you had met them in the local coffee shop.  It’s getting to know people I might not otherwise meet because of time or space or distance.  Have a wonderful time in Second Life all and never miss an opportunity to find happiness and just smile. :-)

Realization...

Everyday life has a way of opening your eyes.  You make mistakes and you have triumphs. You also have typical ho hum days and days that you feel like you are scraping the bottom of the barrel.  I think most people that know of me, know how big my heart is and how much I love to help others. Today someone else helped me… helped me to see an error of my ways and to learn that things aren’t always so black and white. I have yearned and searched for this soul mate friend for a long time now. While this whole time I have searched for that, it has possibly been right under my nose.  I have separated the love for my children in Second Life in a way like some say they keep real life and Second Life separate.  That was stupidity on my part.  I don’t keep the love I have for them only in SL. I truly love them and think of them as my children even in real life. My fault was not thinking of them as the wonderful friends they truly came to be. The ones I can always count on, the ones that will always love me, & the ones who will always understand.  What I love about my kids so much is that we may not always get along and see things eye to eye but we always love each other and we always can grow together instead of apart. That is what true family and great friends should be.  I love when you have a realization like this; it changes you and to me it makes you a better person.  I love you my children and my great friends… Julie, Jennah, & Joey.