Friendships On Line Friendships Online Are often fleeting, made and lost without even once meeting. How many friends from online have I lost? I haven't kept count nor figured the cost. Some depart, spouting bluster and rage, and hate, Others as quietly as the turn of a page. Many return though I couldn't say when, While the rest are never heard from again. For the loss of some, the fault is my own, An unkind word spoken and I'm left alone. Some friends turn away for no reason at all. I'm puzzled and hurt when they shun my call. Scores of friends are forever lost to me True friends is always there, they are the ones that will be treasured!! Author Unknownsubmitted by:dixie Loyalty isn't standing by someone when he's right... that's good judgement. Loyalty is standing by someone when he's wrong. written by:Susan Estrich

from Diana** TAKE CARE OF YOUR FRIENDS Friend is a word that I don't throw around Though it's used and abused, I still like the sound. I save it for people who've done right by me And I know I can count on, if ever need be. Some of my friends drive big limousines Own ranches and banks and visit with queens, And some of my friends are up to their neck In overdue notes and can't write a check. They're singers or ropers or writers of prose And others, God bless 'em, can't blow their own nose! I guess bein' friends don't have nothing' to do With talent or money or knowin' who's who. It's a comfortable feelin' when you don't have to care, 'Bout chosin' your words or bein' quite fair. 'Cause friends'll just listen and let go on by Those words you don't mean and not bat an eye. It makes a friend happy to see your success. They're proud of yer good side and forgive all the rest. And that ain't so easy, all of the time, Sometimes I get crazy and seem to go blind! Yer friend just might have to take you on home, Or remind you sometime, that you're not alone. Or ever so gently pull you back to the ground, When you think you can fly, with no one around. A hug or a shake, whichever seems right Is the high point of givin', I'll tell ya tonight, All worldly riches and tributes of men, Can't hold a candle to the worth of a friend ~~Author Unknown~~submitted by:Dixie My Garden Patch My world was like a garden patch All overgrown with weeds It had been neglected for so long I did not even realize it's needs A technological wonder came into my house, It was called a computer All shiny, complex It even had a "mouse" I played with my new toy Learning things I never knew Traveling near and far I never know a machine could bring me so much joy I did not even realize What was taking place While I was learning computing A miracle was happening right before my eyes With megabytes and typing keys With e-mail messages And laughs and jokes There stirred a gentle breeze I looked upon my garden patch And there were no more weeds It looked so lovingly tended Who could have met it's needs Then I saw how the computer had met some of my needs In the midst of all the technology A strange and wondrous thing A garden had been planted with a million friendship seeds Peggy McConnell-Dobbins January 12, 2001submitted by:diana Our Garden of Friends Index Background & Graphics Provided by: