Friendship

Sometimes I think about friends that remain and friends and friendships that have come and gone. There are those friends who are true and simple friends everyday. There are the friendships that you thought were true but for one reason or another that friendship slipped away but you treasure the time it was relevant.
There are the friendships that meant a lot to you but went away and leave you wondering what happened. Did I do something wrong, hurtful? Was it my fault? With this situation you have to come to a realization in your own heart that, Yes you did do something and try to fix it. OR, you make peace with the fact that there was nothing you did personally but the fact that people approach friendship differently. Some search for lifelong friends and others have friends just for a short time and then dispose or recycle. Plain and simple.


Promise Never To Untie
by Hope
The tender words are spoken
Each body and soul bared
Told secrets over endless days
Often doing more than dared




New world beyond my door
With intrigued and intensity
Now we have shared our hearts
A bond now made it permanently






Facing our days made easier
Despite any type of weather
Each other's heart felt deeply
Both happy we stuck together




It took us little time and effort
The bonding as strong as glue
I now promise never to untie
The strings I have tied with you




The understanding of each other
Breaths to take, we breathe the air
As the relationship interchanges
Knowing our loving hearts are there


Now we are never left on the outside
Lovingly enter each others domain
Smiling. laughing and forever teasing
But forever friends we then became

I want

I want to be her when I grow up, I can't help it.

... I been thinkin....

As we age and we begin to see our parents, aunts, uncles, grandparents and friends begin to leave us and go home... our world shrinks.

My father passed away at age 84. The amount of people who came to show their respect touched my mom so. My uncle passed away nearly 2 weeks ago at the age of 96. He and my aunt Hazel had no children and now there is just one brother and one sister left of those siblings. Uncle Bill's world had become just his immediate family. He had pretty much outlived all friends and business acquaintances he had made in his many many years making barbeque.

Our family is so lucky that Mom, even at 85, remains active and busy. She is active with her Sunday School class. She volunteers one day a week at Baylor Hospital Garland. She still keeps in touch with all the "girls" she Line Danced with. She is part of a quilting group. We can't keep up with her but still... The world of lifelong friends has shrunk.

This is my mom and a lifelong friend. Stanley Bennett. When my mom was a young girl her best friend was Hortense. When they went to Woodrow Wilson HS in Dallas, Hortenses boyfriend was Stanley. Stanley and Hortense introduced my mom and dad. Now that is lifelong friends. Stanley lost Hortense not long after we lost my dad. There isn't many from that era left around. Their world has shrunk.

Who is your lifelong friend?

Photos

Is this not a great face? Or what?


Then I made some changes just using basic Picasso.



And then there's this cutie:

Family

It is a shame when life gets so busy that the only time you see family is at funerals.




Moore Men from 28 to nearly 70.

My mom and a dear life long friend.


Leaning on each other as they have both lost their loves over the past 5 years.



Cousins



Aunt Marie Moore Ellis





Uncle Bo, I think his name is James but I wouldn't put a lot of money on that. We just call him Uncle Bo, that's all we've ever known.


I love having a place where we can gather and talk about old memories. I pulled up old photos I had scanned and gave Bo and Marie a little slide show. They thoroughly enjoyed it and were so appreciative that I had wanted to have them over.