Friends, No Matter What....

Friends...:

Many types.   

Casual.   Good.   Girl.   Boy.   Old.   New.   Best….

And……… the ones that touch your life in such a way that you will never be the same without them.

When they are happy, you are ecstatic, when they hurt, you are torn to your very core.

Throughout your life, many people will pass.   Some will leave a lasting affect on you, others will pass thru in a blur and never be missed.

 I grew up in a small town, with a huge circle of friends that have known me from nursery school , on.

At 26 I left home.  Moved 1800 miles away.  Left everything .  Friends, family, traditions. 

Now, when I go home, there are only three that are my truest and dearest.  I love them to no end.  I tell them everthing….okay, almost everything.  Tee hee

I hit the big city.  Didn't have a clue as to  how to make new friends.  I never had to do that before.  I was completely lost.  I have never felt so alone.

Over time I learned.  I learned that not everyone IS your friend.  I was used, abused, taken for granted, and just plain taken.

I married one, roomed with some and fucked a good many of others, and there are a very select few that I still keep in touch with.  Very few.  Once a year.  Or so.  Or not so much at all anymore.

But every so often, into your life, will enter a person or two that claim a piece of your heart.   These are individuals that would give the shirt off their back for you, their last dollar, their last breath.

To have such a person enter your life is to know honest and true friendship.

I am so blessed.  I have such friends.  I love them.  I cherish them.  They have been there for me, and I for them.

I'm not in a good place today.  I have a very dear friend in a very bad place in her life.  And it rocks me to my very being.   I can't help her.    It's out of my hands.

All I can do is sit.  And wait.  And be there for her when she is ready for my help. 

She knows I am there for her.  But, I want to do more. NOW.    I can't.  And it hurts so much.  I love this person with all my heart, --and I can't fix her.

I can't make this one better. 

So, my words to you….

Those individuals that are closest to you in your heart, love them with all you have. 

Be there for them.  Let them be there for you.

You love them?-- tell them.  Tell them often. 

They need you, as much as you need them.  They need to know that you will be there for them, no matter what.

Friends.   To be Cherished.

~~~~~~For my friend, Katy.  Please be well.  And know that I am here for you.  Always.  No matter what. 

I love you.

Vicki