A Snoopy Tree is Better than a Stump.

I know, I know- I have been slacking. I have been twittering more and more lately, and have been neglecting my (self-imposed) blogging duties. I promise, I did not give up blogging for lent...

I got inspired to write more than 140 characters today because one of my best guy friends and I had a fight that made me at a loss for words. If you knew me, you would understand how almost impossible it would be to get me in that kind of state. The fight itself is irrelevant to the story...it is more of how this fight made me feel.

Have you ever read the book called, " The Giving Tree"? I was reminded of this story when I was watching "Friday Night Lights". Basically, it is a story about this little boy and this tree. The little boy takes from the tree and the tree gives everything it can until it is left as nothing more than a stump. With this friend and our fight, I took a look in the "relationship mirror" and realized that my reflection looked more like a snoopy tree and not a in full bloom magnolia tree that I am. Hey- I am willing to do almost anything for a friend,but I am not going to end up a stump someone sits on. I am just surprised it took me this long to figure it out. Maybe this semi- retired thing had my mirror a little foggy?

So tomorrow I will have a conversation that no one likes to have but is sometimes necessary. I am going to put boundaries on this relationship. I am putting a fence around my snoopy tree with a lock on the gate. He needs to realize that while I am a very giving person, that self preservation instinct of mine will always kick in and he is SO in for one of my famous "come into the light" discussion. I just hope he can handle it. I may be a snoopy tree in this scenario, but it is better that I fix this situation now before I lost anymore needles...