Have you ever had the feeling that you could form a friendship with someone only to discover that they are planning to move 3 or 4 hours away? That has happened to me twice this month. Two girls that I have felt a connection with and have wanted to call to go to lunch or to shop or to see a chick-flick. Both of them are moving in the next month.

I've always been one to form relationships quickly with others, but as I've grown older I have found that establishing true friendships is really difficult. Especially when you move around a lot. I've never had problems with acquaintances. I have plenty of them.

But friendships are really hard to establish when you are on the run all the time. Even more difficult to find...couple friends. There is such a delicate balance for couples befriending couples. The women have to get along with each other and have similar interests as do the spouses. And, of course, the entire group has to mesh without the threat of physical attraction. We've only found that twice in all the years we've been married and both couples are about 1000 miles away. It's so frustrating.

I'm so fortunate that I am married to my best friend. We do everything together. I absolutely love spending time with my husband and am really nervous that when the baby comes along that our time together will be altered drastically. I know we'll adjust, but while we will be celebrating the arrival of our new addition, I'm really going to mourn the loss of our alone time.

At the same time, I realize that forging girlfriend relationships is so very important. Women only understand women in many of the challenges that we face in life and having a circle that can be there for you when you need them is so very necessary. I'm sure that it will all happen here in due time, but one has to wonder how many true friendships you can have in a lifetime. I'm beginning to think that it's is a very rare and beautiful thing and am here to say that no matter how far away my true friends are that those heart-to-heart connections are always with me no matter where I go in life. I just wish that I could reach out and hug them and see their smiles any time I wanted.