This comes from a friend of a friend, actually. Lisa-Jo Baker's blog was discovered by me, this morning on Kerry's blog. And I decided to take her up on her invitation to spend five minutes of my morning just writing. On the topic of "Friend"... 3... 2... 1.... Time starts... NOW:
I am an odd sort of person when it comes to friends. I have to really like them. That sounds odd, considering everyone really likes their friends, right? What I mean is - like them to the point that their eccentricities, darkness, bad days, let downs, letting me downs don't matter as much as just loving them as my friend.
I am incredibly luck in that I can count some family members as friends too. Not everyone can say that.
I have several friends who have been around a long time. Twenty-five years for two of them. Sixteen years. Fourteen years. Some, fourteen months. And I love them all.
They are all excritiatingly diverse in personality, but they do share just one thing in common: if I haven't seen or spoken to them in ten years, ten months, ten minutes, whenever we get together, it feels as though no time has passed at all and we can simply pick up the thread of the last conversation and reconnect. For that, I am blessed.
STOP. TIME'S UP.
READ MORE ABOUT A SPECIAL FRIEND, HERE
Now it's YOUR turn. Go visit Lisa's blog, read the instructions and do your own "Friend" inspired post. Stick a comment on my page so I can go read your stuff.
Good post.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Denise.
DeleteThat's one of the most important aspects of true friendship, I think...that time can pass and you can always just pick up where you left off. Great post! Happy Friday! :)
ReplyDeletePrecisely. I've gone years without seeing someone and then finding them again and meeting up it was as though nothing changed and no time had passed. It's a mark of a true friendship.
DeleteSo sweet! It's true, a great friendship has happys that outweigh the hardships.
ReplyDeleteGot to take the good with the bad.
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