
In Search of New Friends
From Chicken Soup for the Soul: Attitude of Gratitude
By Melissa Cutrera
God doesn’t move in your life when you struggle; He moves when you pray.
~Author Unknown
Our family shed a lot of tears in 2020. Tears when our homeschool co-op was canceled. Tears when the soccer season was canceled. Tears when birthday plans changed. Tears when grandparents couldn’t visit. But mostly tears when our best friends moved. Best friends, plural — two families with whom we had shared our lives for the past several years.
We spent most of our time together in a church small group, with the adults talking and studying the Bible while the kids played. We shared our Thanksgiving dinners and hid Easter eggs in each other’s yards. We knew we could call on them when we needed help. We prayed together, played at the park together, and laughed together. We cried together when we lost loved ones. And our kids were best friends.
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