by Deanna Rogers

Created on: May 12, 2009

He who dies with the most friends wins!

If there is one philosophy in life that I have tried to pass onto my children, it's that He who dies with the most friends wins!

I am now in that phase of life when dealing with the daily drama that adolescence brings is common place. I have two boys and a girl. Each is in a different phase of puberty. Each are experiencing issues that involve friends and schoolmates.

These are the typical, larger than life occurrences that make one feel like the world is crashing down on them. The acceptance dilemma, the left out dilemma, the zit dilemma, the boy dilemma, the popularity dilemma! All the drama's we all have experienced at one time or another! Oh to be young again! Little do they know that these experiences do not cease because you reach some magical number in life! I vividly remember struggling with the same issues in my adolescent years. I am grateful that I am equipped to navigate my kids through the "international laws "of puberty!

I personally have been blessed to have accumulated a treasure chest of the finest friends on the face of this earth. Some are acquaintances. Others are accomplices. But most are genuine, homegrown, 100 percent true blue friends. This collection began literally as a toddler and continued through adult hood.

My closest compatriots can be counted on the fingers of my hands. I have had hundreds of relationships over the course of my life. When I came across a "keeper", I placed them into my mental treasure chest, and kept them polished and cherished them through the years. There is a lot invested in each of these friendships which developed over many experiences, long discussions, and lots of ups and downs in life that included many laughs and lots of tears! I view my girlfriends as one of the most important aspects of my life. After all, they are the reason that my marriage has succeeded and why I have become a really great mother! Through every trial or tribulation I have my own personal panel of experts to consult with regularly, which helped to maintain my sanity and provided me with the insights I was seeking!

Just as there are many varieties of precious gem stones in the world, so are the variety of my friend's and their dynamic contribution to our relationship. They serve as Spiritual guides, motivators, wisdom advisors and just plain old fun! The majority of my closest friends were accumulated in High School when adolescent behavior was at its worst. We managed to pull each

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