I have been thinking about friendship today and what it means to be a friend.  I have found myself a lot of the times, being in the position where I am a better friend than people are to me.  I have never really given thought to the idea on how many friends I need, I have always had enough love and support from those around me.

I have a few people in my life that are my primary support, mainly my husband and my family.  I did a great thing and married my best friend.  Well, he was not my best friend when I met him but he is now and he counts as the number one friend in my life.  When I am upset, sad, happy, etc he is the one I tell first.  Score for us for being that compatible that I feel that way about him.  Does that mean that I am missing out on other friendships?  Both my parents are next in line to tell when I have news to share, then my brother, then my friends.  As a parent I have to always think of how my girls look at the world and if I am giving them everything they need.  Do I need to have multiple friends for them to have people to play with?  What does it mean to be a friend?  To me, there is only one way to be a friend and that is all in, I cannot do superficial or just online friends.  Not sure why but maybe it is because I am confident in myself that I do not need to be surrounded by a lot of people.

I want the best for my girls and I know that I am their primary role model for now and I want to show them how to have friendships that last and make them the best they can be.

How do you define friendship?