Writing Prompt: Make A Fast List of Favorite Things About a Friend

Favorite Things about a Friend

1.     She’s an introvert.  This means when she lets you in and tells you things, it’s special.

2.    She’s an introvert, and yet, she was the person to make the first friendship move.

3.    She can make a single-serving bag of M&Ms last a week.

4.    She’s the most patient person I know.

5.    You can eat in her car, as long as you don’t drop French fries.  Cold, stale French fries gross her out.

6.    I think my youngest daughter would move in with her if given the chance.

7.    She despises spiders.  So much that I think her bug man might be on her Christmas card list.

8.    She’s up for nearly whatever—like loading up four kids and driving all night to Chicago to stay with friends for a weekend in their 1 bedroom apartment in Evanston.  And she’s good with detouring to try to find the Amana Colonies on the way home.

9.    She knows my kids’ favorite—everything.

10.   She introduced me to coffee.

11.    She liked me even before I drank coffee.

12.   She adores kid cereal.  Her cabinets are full of boxes of Lucky Charms, Reese’s Puffs, Capt’n Crunch Holiday Blend.

13.   She hates cantaloupe, green peppers and most sausage.  I get the sausage.

14.   Her hair always looks perfect.  Even when it’s just in a ponytail. 

15.   She introduced my daughters to sushi. 

16.   Carmex will never have a sales problem as long as she’s around.

17.   There is lotion in every room of her house. 

18.   Her favorite kind of pizza is plain cheese.

19.   We don’t talk about God as much as we should, but I suspect she’s the friend who prays for me the most. 

20.  She is a peacemaker.

21.   She’s tidy, but not a neat freak.

22.  For example, before kids, her car always looked like it had just been driven off of the showroom floor.  Now it looks perfect for transporting a preschooler. 

23.  I’m no longer sure how many books on my bookshelf actually belong to her or how many books on her bookshelf actually belong to me.

24.  When we lived in the same town, she would have a birthday date with each one of my four children.

25.  She was the only person besides Brian and me who knew the sex of our last baby before she was born.

26.  She has the best sense of humor—just edgy enough to be real—but never crossing the line into too mean or too crass.

27.  In all the years I’ve known her, I think I’ve only seen her truly angry twice.  I’m not sure what that means, but boy.  It’s something I really admire.

28.  She got a dog. Not because she wanted one.  Because her daughter and husband wanted one. 

29.  Her normal circadian rhythm is to stay up late and sleep in.

30.  She dislikes flying and yet she’s boarded a plane no less than three times in the three years we’ve lived here to come visit.  Twice with a toddler.
31.  I love her daughter like she's related to me by blood.

32.   Even though there’s a wacky time-zone issue, and work schedules, and family commitments, and so I don’t get to, she’s the one person besides people to whom I’m related whose voice I want to hear every day.