Friend To The End

I have been blessed in my life to have many friends. My friends come in a wide variety and assortment of people from many different walks of life. I have friends who are very conservative, along with friends who have an extremely liberal viewpoint. I have friends from many different religious and spiritual paths including Christians, Jews and Pagans. Many of my friends do not claim any religious affiliation and are Agnostic or Athiest. Race doesn't matter to me and many of my friends are black. I am friends with singles, married couples, and gays and lesbians. Some of my friends are ordained ministers, while others enjoy the party life and getting drunk on the weekend.



Different friends provide a unique level of friendship. Some friends are great conversationalists and stimulate my mind with deep and probing questions on life and matters of faith. Other friends are just plain fun to hang around and keep me laughing and enjoying myself completely. Then there are those who are there for me when I really need them. I may not hear from them that often, but when a tragedy comes, like the recent loss of my Mom, those friends are right there to lift me up.

When I make a friend, I like to keep the friendship alive for life. I do my best to remember their birthday every year and special events in their life. Even when they move on I keep in touch. That's just the way I am. A friend to the end.



I have friends that I have known since I was a child who I still keep in touch with. I have friends scattered all over the United States and a good friend who lives in Ireland.

I have recently made a new bunch of friends at work and we have had a great time together including a couple of times out at a local casino for karaoke.



I love the word "Hello". It's always fun and exciting to meet a new friend and to get to know that person. On the other hand, the word "Goodbye" is very painful for me. I have had to say this word more times than I care to count to very close friends as either they or I had to move on to another place. There is a part of me that is hesitant to develope new friendships as I realize that the goodbye will eventually come. But the good times that we have together makes it worth it.

I am a person who cares deeply. I love my family, although they don't often hear me say it. Likewise, I love all of my friends, even though I enjoy picking on many of them and giving them a hard time.

I recently read a quote that I found to be very true: "Each friend represents a world in us, a world not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born."

I used to listen to a song by Contemporary Christian artist Wayne Watson "A Season In Your Path" and it speaks about friends who are there at specific times in your life, just when you need them, and then they move on.


Most of the friends that I have made as an adult were at the places I was employed. I invariably get them involved in dress up days and projects for Halloween and have enjoyed numerous occasions of encouraging friends to get dressed up for different events.

To those of you who are friends from my past, I still think about you from time to time. I do my best to keep in touch, even though we are separated by miles and time. To my friends I have made locally, I value your friendship and enjoy hearing from you and getting together. And to my new friends, I am excited about having had the opportunity to meet you and to get to know you better.



I can't imagine a life without friends. I can go online at any time, day or night, and there will almost always be somebody available who I can chat with if I need to. I am thankful for you all and wish you the best!