Valentine's Day is usually a day reserved for lovers...but it should also be reserved for loved ONES...the family and friends in your life who make a difference, who make you smile, who let you know that you are important to them....

So I am sending this Valentine to all my friends to let you know that you are all important to me, and that I value your place in my life. I wouldn't be the person that I am today without the friends I've had over the years...those I know face to face, and those I know only by voice or written word. But regardless of how I know you, you are my friends...you make each day that I live a better one...you make each smile a brighter one....

I thank you for being who you are, and for being my friend.

 

A friend is someone we turn to
When our spirits need a lift,
A friend is someone we treasure
For our friendship is a gift,
A friend is someone who fills our lives
With Beauty, Joy, and Grace
And makes the world we live in
A Better and Happier Place.

 

A Friend....
(A) ccepts you as you are
(B) elieves in "you"
(C) alls you just to say "HI"
(D) oesn't give up on you
(E) nvisions the whole of you (even the unfinished parts)
(F) orgives your mistakes
(G) ives unconditionally
(H) elps you
(I) nvites you over
(J) ust "be" with you
(K) eeps you close at heart
(L) oves you for who you are
(M) akes a difference in your life
(N) ever Judges
(O) ffers support
(Q) uiets your fears
(R) aises your spirits
(S) ays nice things about you
(T) ells you the truth when you need to hear it
(U) nderstands you
(V) alues you
(W) alks beside you
(X) -plain things you don't understand
(Y) ells when you won't listen and
(Z) aps you back to reality

 

 

 

 

 

"A best friend is a sister that destiny forgot to give you"

 

A simple friend has never seen you cry.
A real friend has shoulders soggy from your tears.

A simple friend doesn't know your parents first names.
A real friend has their phone numbers in his address book.

A simple friend brings a bottle of wine to your party.
A real friend comes early to help you cook and stays late to help you clean.

A simple friend hates it when you call after he has gone to bed.
A real friend asks you why it took you so long to call.

A simple friend seeks to talk with you about your problems.
A real friend seeks to help you with your problems.

A simple friend wonders about your romantic history.
A real friend could blackmail you with it.

A simple friend, when visiting, acts like a guest.
A real friend opens the refrigerator and helps himself.

A simple friend thinks the friendship is over when you have an argument.
A real friend knows that it's not a friendship until after you've had a fight.

A simple friend expects you to always be there for them.
A real friend expects to always be there for you!

 

 

 

 

 

"A friend is like a rainbow. They brighten your life when you've been through a storm."

 

"We cannot tell the precise moment when a friendship is formed. As in filling a vessel drop by drop, There is at last one drop that makes it run over. So in a series of kindness there is at last one drop that makes the heart run over."

 

"No lapse of time or distance of place can lessen the friendship of those who are truly persuaded of each other's worth."

 

"To the world you are someone, but to someone you are the world."

Thank you for being my friend.