Well, according to Editor Bob at 123 greetings, August 2nd is Friendship Day, and who am I to doubt Editor Bob. So seeing as how I've been absent from the boards, I thought I'd remind you all how much I LOVE YOU GUYS and since I've been playing around with this website thing, a hallmark just ain' cuttin it, so.........

 

"A friend is someone who sees through
you and still enjoys the view"
- Wilma Askinas

"A friend is someone who will bail you
out of jail. A best friend is the one
sitting next to you saying
"boy was that fun".- The Maugles

 

Ok, now this is going to take some skill, kind of like walking and chewing gum at the same time. See, I love the words to this song, because they say exactly what I want to say to you, but the midi's I found to it were really UGLY so I used another song for background music (and that says exactly what I want to say, too) so the trick here is to read these next words without singing THAT song in your head while listening to the song in the background without thinking of those words while you're reading this ........hmm, you may want to re-read that :) Ok, here goes........

For all those times you stood by me
For all the truth that you made me see
For all the joy you brought to my life
For all the wrong that you made right
For every dream you made come true
For all the love I found in you
I'll be forever thankful,
You're the one who held me up, never let me fall
You're the one who saw me through, through it all

 

You were my strength when I was weak
You were my voice when I couldn't speak
You were my eyes when I couldn't see
You saw the best there was in me
Lifted me up when I couldn't reach
You gave me faith 'cause you believed
I'm everything I am because you loved me
~ Celine Dion

 

So, could you do it?? Well, if you could, I guess you can pat your head and rub your belly at the same time, too. (LOL!) You just tried it, didn't you!! (LOL!) Well, I guess my talents lie elsewhere ~ I can only pat/pat or rub/rub or pat/rub both places ~ and I had to turn the music down because the two songs in my head were making me nuts! :)

 

ok, back to the gushy stuff........

 

"Oh the comfort of feeling safe with a person
Of having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words
But pouring them all out, wheat and chaff together,
Knowing that a faithful hand will take and sift them
Keeping what is worth keeping and,
with a breath of kindness... Blow the rest away."
- Mackie Ayres

 

 

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My dear, precious angels. I wish I had more time to get to the boards. I wish I had more time to tell each and every one of you how you enrich my life, like emeralds and diamonds and rubies, each with your own unique color and light; each a precious and priceless jewel.

The other day, I was standing outside my store, when something caught the corner of my eye. It was a ladybug that landed in my hair and tiptoed right to the center of my chest - and stayed there for the longest time just resting over my heart. Wonder what the people passing by thought of the crazy lady standing there smiling with tears in her eyes, talking to a little bug and blowing it a kiss as she sent it out into the heavens? Probably what I used to think about people carrying on conversations with invisible friends. I see them all the time, and used to think I was living in a city of lunatics. Now I'm thinking we must be a city of angels and it's the really lucky ones that can see them on the street , in the tunnels and in their many guises. How sad for those who only see bugs and empty sidewalks. How grateful I am that because of you, I'm one of the lucky ones.

 

Love,
Alarina

 

 

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