One thing I am continually grateful for in this life is my network of amazing friends. I was reminded today of just how generous and thoughtful some people can be.
I work with my wonderful friend, Jen Harris, who is constantly spoiling me with coffee, lunch, etc. She is even helping me supplement my income right now by paying me to do research and writing for an educational project she is starting up.
While working this afternoon, Jen sent me a mysterious message saying that a guy named Brian would be calling me. As she's often on the search for my "Mr. Right" (or Mr. Right now...), I assumed this would be a call from an intelligent, funny, attractive man who would tell me he was ready to drag me away from my mundane life and whisk me away to paradise. Good thinking, eh? Well, that wasn't quite the case...Instead, I received a call that went like this: "Deborah, my name is Brian and I'm a massage therapist. Your friend Jen is a client of mine and she would like to give you the gift of massage." Hello, paradise!!! What a great surprise...though I shouldn't be surprised by anything Jen does. This is the same woman who earlier this year took a mutual friend of ours on an all-expense paid trip to Greece to celebrate her cancer survival. She is just one of the most loving, giving and inspirational women I know.
After weeks of stress, my body (and mind) can't wait for Saturday morning so Brian can kneed away the hundreds of knots that have taken up permanent residency within my shoulder, neck and back muscles. It will be a very welcome escape from reality which will remind me never to take my wonderful friends for granted.
