MOMENTS OF FRIENDSHIP

Some words have the ability to go beyond themselves… to transform us…to transcend: Who is the first person who enters your mind when you hear the words my friend? When you focus on those words for a while… How many other faces do you see? How many other friends are waiting to be acknowledged as they line up in your memory? When we reach into our memory and stoke those friendship embers… the first thing we see are our friends’ faces but it’s the moments of friendship we remember. We remember moments we have shared throughout the days and months and years the joy, the laughter, the sorrow the sadness and the tears. We cherish those moments of friendship and are thankful for how long their memories last… keeping us close to friends who have moved away… and others who have passed. And when we think of friends still with us…still nearby we are thankful…we’re elated for the moments of friendship we will share that have yet to be created. So in those times when life slows down when we have some extra time to spend…. We’ll have so many moments to remember every time we hear the words… my friend