Long Time Friends

Count your life by smiles, not tears.
Count your age by friends, not years.

Now, these are some old friends! I have to tell you how blessed we are...how many people do you know who have continued a friendship for 55 years with more than one friend. Yes, I said.....55 years. I met my long time friends Donna and Alice at Whittier Elementary School in the first grade. Those were the days of no Pre-School or KG... I was five years old. The first day of school I stood next to a crying little girl trying to climb her mother's legs. I really wondered what was wrong with her, as I was excited to be there. I started to talk to her and she eventually responded a little....however, her mother came to school several more days for that same routine.....crying and clinging. Finally, Donna stopped crying and our long friendship began....the rest is history. Donna's Momma continued to thank me for befriending Donna that first day of school for the remainder of her life.

I have been friends with Alice since that same time, but we did not have the same teachers at Whittier.......my relationship with Alice grew more in Junior High School, but we were friends and played together in grade school, as well. Alice lived about three blocks south of my house and Donna lived about three blocks west.

Both Donna and Alice's parents were special people and I loved being around all of them. They always treated me like family.

Thanks ladies.....I enjoyed lunch and the visit today. We must do it more often.

There's a miracle called Friendship
That dwells within the heart,
And you don't know how it happened
Or when it gets its start.
But the happiness it brings you
Always gives a special lift
And you realize that friend
Is God's precious gift.

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