Today I’m grateful for my extra early morning alarm.

11.8.2024

---

My alarm went off at 4:40 this morning. I am typically a pretty early riser, however I’m not usually a 4:40 a.m. girl. But when one of your besties is willing to meet you for coffee before you both start your respective workdays, you gladly set your alarm extra early.

My friend Julie works at the church that is right next door to my school. Occasionally we’ll meet for a quick cup of coffee and a catch-up before work. Sometimes we’ll meet at a Starbucks down the road for a fancy coffee, but more often than not we’ll go for the no-frills option and have a cup of regular ol’ joe while sitting in her office. That’s exactly what we did today.

I see and/or talk to Julie pretty regularly, but we never seem to run out of things to talk about. Sometimes we’ll intellectualize about the great truths of life and sometimes we’ll laugh about something random or silly that’s happened to one of us. Today we spent about 25 minutes just making sure we were up-to-date on each other’s weeks. That’s all. I love friendships that are easy like this.

Julie has celebrated with me on some of my best days, and she’s also wrapped her arms around me on some of my worst days. But some of my favorite times in our friendship are ordinary days like today when we have no-frills coffee and a quick catch-up before work. They are worth me setting an extra early morning alarm for. Definitely worth it.