After talking to some friends this weekend going through some difficult times, I started thinking about what friendship really means. For me this definition has changed over the years in my adulthood. I feel blessed to count many people in my circle of friends - those I went to school with, used to work with, go to church with, met through other friends - and this group includes people I grew up with and people I've only met recently. Last week I mentioned that I was thinking about people who you stay in contact with over the years and miles even though you don't see or talk to them often. Then there are other friends whom you only remain close to for a season, and certainly that is of value too (or at least for the most part :).
Sure, there are friends that you might only meet up or call for a catch-up once in a while, others are part of a group that you get together with a couple of times a year, some you get together with weekly for social outings, friends you would welcome into your home for a meal, those that you could call in the middle of the night with an emergency, and still others that wouldn't mind handing you multiple tissues or sit on the phone listening to you cry. So, at the risk of being sentimental, I would like to express my thanks for all of the people I can call "friend", what a richness you have brought to my life!
"My friends are my estate." - Emily Dickinson
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