Thankful Thursday

I don't have my fancy little photo to put atop the page today, but I think we will survive.

As I continue my introspective phase, I've decided to acknowledge my Mary Kay Gals! I've been a consultant for 8 years next month! I cannot believe how much time has gone under the bridge since Steve and I discussed my taking on Mary Kay when also fighting the losing battle of 20 hours mandatory overtime each week. There were times when I wanted to give it up, but I never did.

The reason I can't give up my Mary Kay - the friends I've made. Some of my best friends started out as just "clients". Ilis, a former consultant herself, was in another area at work and found me. I didn't know her from any of the other 100s of employees in my division, but she had heard I sold Mary Kay and she needed her "lotion." So, she put in her order.

Now, she will stroll in my house, straight to my Mary Kay cupboard, and go "shopping". She'll usually yell at me for making her buy too much - just seeing a product is too much temptation for her. In the end, her receipt is usually a royal mess from all the additions, my cheeks hurt from laughing and my soul is warmed by her friendship.

Many of my other Mary Kay Gals are much the same. Yah, most don't necessarily stroll into my house and do their own shopping from my cupboards, but they are some of my greatest friends. I know I could ask anything of them, and be assured that I would be helped in whatever manner was needed. I also know that, spending just a little time with any of them centers me and makes me realize how wonderful it is to be here, at this time, with these friends.