Different Friends/ Different Personalities

I now know how important it is to have friends with different personalitites. I think back to when I had Tyson and was told in the hospital that he may have Down Syndrome.. I will never forget that morning...hysterical? You bet I was. I delivered Tyson less than 8 hours earlier, and in comes the doctor telling me he looks healthy.."but." My best friend Steph who I have known since Kindergarten called to check on me and I told her the news. She was up to the hospital right after work. She didn't sit there and tell me everything was going to be alright, because she didn't know. She wasn't going to act all strong in front of me when I knew she was shocked, sad, and didn't know what to think. I called her everyday for months, everytime I had a breakdown. When Tyson was a year old and we almost lost him, Steph was up there that night with us- she is the type of friend that completely feels my pain- as if it was her own child going thru it- that is a lifetime friend.
Now my good friend Tiffany...well she is a positive person, strongly believes in her faith. I remember her being at my house after he was born- I was crying telling her the news and she was like,"so what?" She was so positive and even at that time I didn't want to hear all the positives because I didn't feel there were any, she kept on about them. She gave me the number of her relative who has a child with DS. She bought me books and literature on DS but kept them for months until she thought I was ready for them. She new my belief in God and faith had changed but never pushed me to see otherwise.
A lot of times it takes something serious to happen in your life to realize how important friends are and how their different personalities help you as an individual cope with the situation you are going through. I'm a very lucky person to have such wonderful friends and family.