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This page is dedicated to all my friends ~From your corner of the world You reached out with your hand and touched my heart~

Friendship comes in a wonderful variety. Some, born of our early years, endure for a lifetime - deepening and growing richer with each passing year. Others bloom brightly until, seperated by a move or change of job, we lose touch with one another. But the memories of such friendships remain fresh - as cherished as photographs in treasured albums. At other times, when we are in the midst of trouble or sorrow, strangers may reach out to us in compassion. This, too, is friendship. We accept such acts of friendship with gratefulness and more than a little awe.      Today, more than ever, we have a wonderful opportunity to forge friendships. In a world grown small through the advent of high-speed aircraft, we are able to meet many people from differnt cities, different lands, different cultures. Such friendships add a dimension to our lives, something of value that would not have been there had we never met. When friends share with us thier thoughts, their experiences, their way of looking at the world, our own vision is extended and enhanced.      The world of friendship - it is a world of caring and sharing - a world of adventures and memories. It is a very special gift and a very special joy.

Oh, the comfort, the inexpressable comfort, of feeling safe with a person; having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words, but to pour them all out just as they are, chaff and grain together, knowing that a faithful hand will take and sift them, keep what is worth keeping, and then, with the breath of kindness, blow the rest away. ~Dinah Maria Mulock Craik~

Each day brings me the chance to forge friendships with people of varied occupations and outlooks. When I accept this challange, I find that my life is enriched beyond measure.

Friendship Pathway

The Friendship Book

What Are You To Me

For The Friend You Are

A Real Friend

Everlasting Friends

The Keeper Of Friendship

In A Word

A Special Thank You

My Dear Friend

Day Or Night

Build A Box Of Friendship

If I Call You Friend

Walk Beside Me

A True Friend Is A Loyal Friend!

Loyalty says "no matter what happens around us or between us there is no fear, doubt, or hurt that can make me turn my back on you". When loyalty is presant a relation is secure and solid.

~ When you don't feel that you have to be perfect to be accepted. When you're given the freedom to be yourself in every situation. When you ask for an opinion knowing you will be told the truth. When you share your heart without risk of betrayal. That is when you're in the presents of a FRIEND ~

Friendship The dictionary says friend (frend) noun. 1. A person whom one knows, likes and trusts 2. A person whom one is allied in a stuggle or cause; comrade. 3. One who supports, sympathizes with, or patronizes a group. 4. An acquaintance. The dictionary leaves one thing out though. It doesn't speak of the years that a friendship endures, the laughter that fills the air when friends are together, the support, understanding, and comfort a friend can offer or the anguish you cannot escape from when a friend is dying.         The dictionary, I'm afraid, cannot begin to define the word:

"Friend"

So then what is this magic called Friendship? Is there a magic wand that silently transforms you and those special people on a journey into, what sometimes can be a life long relationship? Is it mutual admiration, common interests, the need to be a friend? Or is it just an enduring tie that bonds you together, allows you to almost think as one and gives you one of lifes greatest joys. Friendships are but precious jewels. Treat them as such. Enjoy them! Celebrate them! And never take them for granted.

There are families we're born into and ones formed by friends of the heart. We all need at least one, and our lives are enriched by many.

Pictures Of Friends

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