There is really not much special or fancy that you will find when you look at our lives. If you look at our house, it’s nice but nothing special. I’m not at all a decorative person, so the inside is minimal or chaotic but not in a designed Pinterest way. Our cars are not the newest or nicest. They are older, they’ve got scratches, they get us from point A to point B on their best days. If you stand outside and look at us, you really won’t find much to be impressed with. I haven’t been able to accumulate much physical treasure in this life.

But I’ve accumulated something else. Something else I’m really proud of. Something I love more than any fancy house or fancy car or fancy treasure.

I’ve accumulated people. The best people. The best friends.

I wish if you looked at my life, you could see my people.

I have a friend that has walked me through life’s best moments and it’s worst moments. I have a friend that I go to anytime I need help understanding another side. I have a friend that shares my passions and my struggles. I have a friend that writes down everything she hears to make sure she remembers it later. I have a friend that has known me most of my life. The list could go on. My friends are kind and thoughtful and hilarious. We cry together, we laugh together, we have hard conversations, we speak truth.

So, when I look at life, I don’t see a lot of the best things. But I see a lot of the best people. And those treasures are infinitely more valuable to me than anything I could accumulate on this earth.