Friends

I was thinking the other day about an article I read that said the average woman had 5 real friends. I consider my-self lucky not to be the average woman as I have more than 5 !!

Friends are important to me....a good friend is really hard to find and even though I am 45 years old I am still making friends!

One of my oldest friends...in "friendship years" not age, has known me all her life...we speak often on the phone but due to distance we rarely meet up. However, when we do meet it is as if we saw each other yesterday...She knows me like the back of her hand...whatever that means!!

My youngest friend...in friendship years not age, is someone I see daily and therefore our friendship has had time to grow...I now consider her a real friend...one who shall be around hopefully to celebrate with me when we are old and grey!! V...You know who you are!!

PS If we continue to have highlights we shall be old but NEVER GREY!!!

My dearest..or best friend as some say, is a girl who I went to school with...she is now happily married with 4 lovely children and as a special bond made me god-mother to her first child...I always feel special being a god-mother and hope I am a good one. Does a £25 Top Shop voucher for Christmas and Birthdays make me a good one...yeah, hell it does!!!

I also have male friends...My friend G and I have known each other for 20 years...he is American and we met whilst travelling around Australia...we formed a friendship that has continued and grown and despite living thousand of miles apart we have communicated often...such friends are special for many reasons....they may not be able to hold your hand or be a shoulder when needed but words are powerful...Hey...what did we do before Skype and cheap international calls!!

Another friend who is dear to me I met via the internet!!..A vitual friend becomes real... I was going through a very painful time in my life and needed reassurance that my feelings were not unusual..Having suffered a miscarriage at 13 weeks at age 39 I felt very low....I googled this and found myself in a chat room with similar like-minded people..Thats where I found my friend P...I was her maid of honour 2 years later at her wedding and we meet up often to chat about life, husbands etc...Although she sadly remained childless she has been a fantastic friend and we support each other as much as we can! If we had been searching for love on the web you could say we found it..

I could go on and on about friends but the following sums it up for me...

Friendship is when people know all about you but like you anyway!!

PS If any of my friends are reading this and haven't been mentioned its only because LF needs a bath and Big D needs feeding...I just don't have the time to mention you all..However...you mean the world to me..xx