NPK

I am the maternal friend - the mother of every friendship group I've ever been a part of. I have grown to accept that. I always have been and always will be. Now that can be both amazing and extremely stressful. Like every mother, I worry. My problem is that I worry too much and often for too many 'children' I guess? I don't view my friends as 'children' at all so I guess I just view them as more vulnerable than what everyone else views them as. Part of the benefits of being a friend is that you get to see past that wall, barricade, shell (whatever analogy you'd like to use). You see into their real person and that can be so beautiful and so painful at the same time. You know their soft spots, their weaknesses and you are always watching out that nothing and no-one  hits them in these vulnerable spots. Like pressure points in your body, they can make you cripple. Likewise you see their true beauty through their passions, emotions and secret life goals. Howev