What Best Friends are Made of

I’ve learned a lot in the past few years from my step-children. One useful tidbit that I learned from them is there is a place called “Build-a-Bear” where kids of all ages can put together a teddy bear customized to their specific desires. The store chain is headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, and it has trademarked and capitalized on a great idea. Their motto is “Where Best Friends Are Made.”

Cool idea. And it begs the question can you build a best friend? If so, what pieces and parts would it take to put together a best friend? I’m sure everyone’s idea of a best friend is unique, and there could only be one or two truly best friends during a person’s lifetime.

My mind wanders. How would I build a best friend?

Being a guy I would definitely want my best friend to be a girl (although I’m sure many guys have guys for their best friends – nothing wrong with that). I would want her to be beautiful. Only my definition of beauty seems to be at odds with many. I like true beauty; something more than skin deep. I want a beautiful person inside of a beautiful package. In my eyes the most beautiful woman is pretty without her make-up and fancy clothes. Attractive. That’s gotta be a better word for beautiful.

Okay, so I have the pretty package on the table… what’s next. Let’s get some bows and ribbons to tie on. To be my best friend she’s gonna have to somehow be able to see me in spite of my shortcomings and faults. My package isn’t so pretty, with or without fancy clothes. And I have some rough edges. I’ll build my best friend with lots of parts from the box marked “Forgiving and Patient”. Lets add some sequins and beads from the “Loving and Kind” bin.

Oh. There are some boxes over there that I absolutely want to stay away from. I don’t care what’s in them, they don’t belong in or on my best friend. Those boxes are labeled “Plastic pieces, artificial, fragile, High Maintenance.” Actually I’m gonna avoid all of those boxes over on that side of the table. There are some marked “Beauty Queen”, “High Society”, “Fashionable”, “Jealous”, and “Expensive”

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Now here are some boxes I like. Let’s see… “Child Friendly”, “Practical”, “Easy Clean Up”, and “Sturdy”.

Well now, she’s starting to come together. But to spice things up a bit I need to grab some accessories from the “Independent” and “Self-sufficient” boxes. A best friend cannot be a puppet. Oh and the jewelry in the box marked “Intelligent” and “Common Sense” add a lot to my best friend.

This build a Best Friend stuff is fun! But alas, my mind knows it all falls miserably short of real life. It’s a fun daydream though. “Pretty, intelligent, kind, forgiving, child-friendly, easy clean up, independent, sturdy, and attractive.”

Actually, I’ve just described (inadequately) the very best friend I’ve ever had: My Wife. Best Friends Forever! (BFF).

Forget build-a-friend. It doesn’t get any better than what I already have! Thank you God for my beautiful best friend. You did real good. And I certainly can’t do any better!