You've Got A Friend

Anyone know that James Taylor song? Well, I want to have someone that would be the friend to me like the one in the song. I know I'm 28 years old, but you're never too old to start a new friendship, right? Of course, my husband is my bff (that's best friend forever, for those of you who don't do the abrreviation thing), but that's different. I want more of an objective person that's not a family member. I have had friends come and go, but never one that has stuck with me through thick and thin. I have had friends that have hurt me and it has caused a tear where later, its unrepairable even if we "make up", its still never the same again. I have also been the one to hurt someone else and be the cause of the tear. I know moving out of state obveously means that relationships are harder to keep up. I get that. But why haven't I made any good friends since I moved here? I have been going to the same church for almost 3 years now, though I finally felt in August like I was at a point in my life where I could get involved in church. I currently help to lead children's worship. See, Curt works Sundays, plus most evenings and we have no one that I trust that will ever watch the kids. Much less on a consistent basis. The one person I can have babysit wants to charge me like $10.00 an hour!!! I have friends from my MOPS group, but no one I feel like I can just call when I'm having a bad day. My one friend that I could call moved 1/2 hour away and she used to live upstairs from me so it seems like she has moved on the other side of the world. Gas is expensive, her car recently broke down, and btw, I sprained my ankle badly the day after Thanksgiving, so I am on crutches and non-weight-bearing until next Tuesday and then I have to use crutches while walking for a week. Then go back to orthopaedic surgeon on 12/27. I don't think I ripped out my surgery (Crissman-Snook procedure, for those of you medically inclined/google fans who want to look that up) from 9 years ago, but that's what it was looking like the few days following the injury. So anyways, I can't drive, and I end up going out only about once a week. Yuck!! Anyways, I want a loving dear friend that I can go window shopping with, that will take me for ice cream, surprise me with little things and I can do that with them too. I want them to be a christian, a female, that is strong in their relationship with Christ and live close to me. Boy. How pathetic. It sounds just like a want ad for a dating service. I'm not trying to replace my hubby by any means. All I want is a good girlfriend who I can grow old with!