Allyssa

When I met Allyssa, I had no idea how our lives would intertwine together. We met on our Mommy Board, and we were pregnant together. I was pregnant with Josh, and she miscarried. She was struggling with fertility issues and it was very sad. It didn't take her long to get pregnant again though, with Sam and Olivia.
She doesn't trust anyone, so it took a long time before she really trusted me. In fact, for as much as we emailed back and forth, we didn't meet til...gosh, it was sometime after S and O were born. I think the first time I met her was when she was on bedrest with D and C. I must have passed the test because I got to start seeing her more.
She has been my anchor. I literally would have lost my mind my now if not for her. When the kids were younger and I would be completely overwhelmed to the point of tears, I could call her, and hear the exact same thing going on at her house, and knowing that I wasn't alone SAVED ME. We would meet at Applebees (after 6 years of this, we just went to a diff place for the first time!), and it was nonstop chatter about the kids and hubbies right up til we left, and I always left feeling AMAZINGLY lighter. HOw many "ME TOO!"'s have made me breathe a sigh of relief? And when she'd call me from the brink, knowing that I could hold out my hand and talk her off the ledge too..I swear I'd be lost without her. She is insanely smart, and she makes me laugh my head off too. I have been blessed one million times over by having her in my life. She doesn't let tooooooo many people in, and I am so happy that she's let me be one of them. She is my funny friend who knows what life with 4 close in age is like (she has me beat by a mile), and I love her with all of my heart. There is just no replacement for someone who KNOWS. Thanks for being my friend!