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'I am a success today because I had a friend who believed in me and I didn't have the heart to let him down
 *Abraham Lincoln*

It is truly a wonderful thing when you find a friend who was cut from the same cloth.  I am so very blessed to  have friends who understand me fully and love me anyway.  These friends and I do so many things together; laugh, sit in silence, hike, triathlon, marathon.

I have learned from, and been blessed by, my friends more than can be expressed (so I don't know why I'm trying!). These people have made me who I am.  Without them I would not know how to solve conflicts,  dance, knit, make hot buttered rum, communicate effectively, identify random plants in the forest or make gingerbread pieces of art :-)

From my very first friend until now I hold every single person close to my heart.  There are many people who have left over the years whether by natural drifting or altercation.  I have learned to look past these situations to find the good in the memories (some days it is more possible than others.)  Although there have been some tough endings to friendships...and most I wish had not ended...I do not regret one smile, tear or word that has been said. These relationship have truly made me who I am today.  I know that in the future there will be more new friendships and more that come to an untimely end, but I will continue moving forward and holding each in my heart like a small light that brightens every day.

This may be one of my posts that is a little too warm and fuzzy...but if I'm being overtaken by love and joy...why not share it?  If you are reading this and you are a past, current or future friend please know that you are treasured and that you were made to be the exact person that you are.  You have touched at least one person's life, MINE!