This year I was blessed to take my daughter and fiancée to meet my best friend, his wife, and their son over in California. Amir's wife is from California so they were there visiting her family for the holidays. They currently live in Miami Shores, FL. So, getting to see Amir, Carina, and lil Mr. Noah is an all too rare treat.
I was so excited for this. Due to time, distance, and money issues over the years, Amir had never met Olivia. Amir and I find it weird it took so long, but we were glad to finally have a chance to make it happen. It turned out to be an amazing trip. No issues with travel, hotel, or anything really. My only issue is that Amir and Carina live so far away. It truly is a challenge to miss those you loves the most. My family and most of my friends are in Indiana, Amir & family in Florida. I would give a lot to be closer to them and have more time with them all. However, I am incredibly blessed to have this opportunity to be with my daughter here in Arizona. Being a part of her life, raising her, and making memories with her far outweigh my losses. Had I not come here, I would never have met Lindsey and missed the blessing that she is in my life.
We may not always enjoy giving things up, or making tough changes, but I think that we will find if we are true to God's purpose in our hearts, He blesses us wherever we go and whatever we do. I have found that closing ourselves off to uncomfortable changes, things like relocation or career switches, etc means we can truly miss out on wonderful blessings we would have not experienced otherwise.
My challenge to myself and to anyone else is this: why remain comfortable? Why not take a risk and see where it leads you? Why not chose the painful choice over the easy one? You certainly can still be happy if you don't, but you could also miss out on amazing things.
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Friends like Amir are gifts from God. No one outside our family has been as good to you as Amir and Altus. (And Lindsey, of course.) They are to you what the Caleys are to me. I know that phrase "friends are the family you choose for yourself" may be considered by some to be cliche. I, however, find it to be gospel.
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