The Buddies and Their Friends

"The only way to have a friend is to be one." -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Who finds a faithful friend, finds a treasure." -- Jewish saying
"You can't stay in your corner of the forest waiting for others to come
to you. You have to go to them sometimes." -- Winnie the Pooh

The buddies and I have formed some fantastic friendships during the past year and a half in Austin. When we first moved here, a small group of moms and their twins embraced us into their group, which met twice a month. A year and a half later, that small group has embraced more and more moms and kids and the friendships have grown exponentially. We now meet once a week, have holiday parties, pool parties, Moms Night Outs, and take field trips to places like Sea World in San Antonio and the Cameron Park Zoo in Waco. The kids get along famously and the moms get to chat together while everyone plays. We swap babysitting services and cook meals for each other when someone in the group is experiencing a hardship or a new birth. These moms are truly the next best thing to family and I am so grateful to have found such a group.