It all started so innocently... We met as strangers, thrown together by fate. Some of you grow up with me, others I have only known a short while. Some of you I have hugged constantly over the years, others I met them when hugging was "un-cool", and some, maybe you, I have not yet met in person.
Every one of you has enriched my life. You have helped to teach me, to guide me on this often turning and forking road of life. You have walked with me for so long that I was afraid to venture on alone. You have been with me through the good times and the bad. You have comforted me when I cried, held me when I was afraid, and laughed with me when I was happy. I am no longer afraid to reach out and hug you, in fact I long to do it.
Now I send you this, so that you might know that someone, somewhere, is thinking of you, praying for you, and loving you. May God grant you peace and happiness in your times of trial, and watch over you, so that one day we will meet again.
But what is a friend? A confidant? A lover? A fellow email junkie? A shoulder to cry on? An ear to listen? A heart to feel? A friend is all these things...and more. We find ourselves telling each other the deepest details of our lives...things we don't even share with our families who raised us. I miss you if you are away... and if you are here, then I thank you for standing by my side.
Whether we met on URL, over MUD, or IRC, or anywhere in this world, or you stopped by this page and left -- when I totally did not know, I call you friend. A word so small, yet so large in feeling. It is true great things come in small packages. Once this package is opened, it can never be closed. It is a constant book always written, waiting to be read and enjoyed.
We may have our disagreements, we may argue, we may concern one another. Friendship is a unique bond that lasts through it all. A part of me is put into my friends, some it is my humor, some it is my listening ear, some it is real life experiences, some it is my romanticism, but with all, it is friendship.
Friendships forged are a construct stronger than steel, built as a foundation, necessary for life, and necessary for love. Friends, you and me, you brought another friend, and then there were three. We started our group, our circle of friends, and like that circle, there is no beginning or end....
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