Friends

     I had to go to Rockland today and on my way home I began to think of my mom. The place she stayed at was in Rockland. I started feeling really sad, thinking about how I just couldn't stop and visit her anymore because she wasn't there. It's the same feeling I used to get after my father passed away. My father used to sit by the window in his wheelchair. I had to drive by my parent's house on my way to work and it hit me, my father was no longer sitting by that window. It sounds silly, but all I could think of was Tiny Tim in A Christmas Carol, the part when they show his little chair by the fireplace empty because he is no longer there. I always get choked up and cry when that part of the movie plays.
     As I was driving home I decided to stop and visit a friend of mine. We had a cup of tea, nice imported English tea. We sat and talked. I felt cheered up. Tonight I turned on my computer, went to youtube and found a friend of mine had made a new video. I watched it, it made me smile. It cheered me up.
     Ever curious to know things I googled friend, here are two meanings of friend:

1. a person attached to another by feelings of affection or personal regard.

2. a person who gives assistance; patron; supporter

     My conclusion is how fortunate I am to have friends, who by the very fact that I know them are a blessing to me.

     I want to finish this blog entry with a little poem. I did not write it, but I love it and it fits the topic.

 

Make new friends,
but keep the old.
One is silver,
the other is gold.

A circle is round,
it has no end.
That's how long,
I will be your friend.

A fire burns bright,
it warms the heart.
We've been friends,
from the very start.

You have one hand,
I have the other.
Put them together,
We have each other.

Silver is precious,
Gold is too.
I am precious,
and so are you.

You help me,
and I'll help you
and together
we will see it through.

Across the land
Across the sea
Friends forever
We will always be