Friends

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Have you ever felt really loved?  Well, this past weekend a friend of 50 years came up from Ohio and stayed here over the weekend. We did very little except "hang out", catch up and laugh.  Oh, we went out to lunch with friends Saturday, which was special, too, but, other than that, just stayed home. 

We both realize that with her poor health we both need to take whatever opportunities that present themselves to share our thoughts, feelings and love without hesitation.  We really keep very little, if anything, from each other.  We both realize our words, whatever they are, are based on the deep love we have for each other.  Sometimes we are very honest and frank with our words. 

A few years ago I asked her if we had ever had a fight all the years we have been friends.  "Once, she said, when we were camping and you said the spatula was yours and it was mine!"  We  both laughed because when we were eighteen we camped and she always brought the kitchen stuff; I brought the boat and fishing stuff.  We still laugh about it today. 

She left on her return trip home today and all I have thought about since is how loved I feel in our friendship. Often friends, even relatives, hesitate to be so open and honest in a relationship with one another. I am so blessed to be so loved.  I am so blessed to have someone for all these years that accepts all my quirks and foibles the way she does.

This filial or agape love is so freeing especially when there are no desires or expectations, and our love accepts the other and believes in the greater good.  Have you ever had a friend this special?  Have you ever been that special friend to someone.  What a wonderful feeling of being so loved!  

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