TRENDING: An Open Letter To Friends Everywhere

Motherhood is tough. Although it's the most beautiful gift we could ever receive and we wouldn't trade it for the world, it also takes its toll — on our bodies, mental health, sanity, and overall wellbeing. That's why our friendships are so important. We can share our triumphs, setbacks and tragedies of life with friends who get it. This letter from Scary Mommy describing the meaning of friendship hits it all on the nose. Share it with the girlfriends who get you through the thick and thin!

I don't care if your house is a mess. I will move the laundry off the couch, sit down and help you fold it while we laugh about how much we hate putting the clean clothes away. I don't care about your big, slobbering, rambunctious dog. I will accept his kisses and toss his tennis ball. It's also fine that you don't have any food in your fridge since I ate before I came anyway. I like your cheap coffee and your microwave popcorn too.

I don't care if you go out of the house looking like that or if you bought your purse at Payless or if every single piece of clothing you own came from the Goodwill. Likewise, if you shop exclusively at Neiman Marcus, I can handle that too. We will both survive if your roots are showing, if you have a weird mole, a hideous and regretful tattoo and if you've recently gained fifteen pounds and none of it is in your boobs.

I don't care what you eat or don't eat or if that is organic or even if it isn't. I don't care how you feed your children or if you sleep with them, push them in strollers, let them watch Sponge Bob or if you could only breastfeed for a week. I won't judge if sometimes you are so tired that you give your children chicken nuggets for dinner, put on a Tinkerbell movie, pray they fall asleep early and make yourself a margarita because you're so damned tired and over it all. I have been there too and you know what? A few parabens and food dyes once in a while are not the end of the world.

I don't care if you have a dead-end job or if you haven't yet found your passion. It doesn't matter to me if you go to yoga twice a day or church once every three or four years and only to make your grandmother happy. I do that too. One day you will finish your novel or start your business and I will be there clapping and grinning and shouting with joy at your success even if we are ninety-seven by the time you get there. If your child is fussy and throws a royal fit when we are out in public, I don't care. We all have bad days and of course I will hold your baby while you take the toddler to the bathroom only to find that he has already peed his pants.

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