True Friends

Trust is essential to true friendship. We all need someone with whom we can share our lives, thoughts, feelings, and frustrations. We need to be able to share our deepest secrets with someone, without worrying that those secrets will end up on the Internet the next day! Failing to be trustworthy with those intimate secrets can destroy a friendship in a hurry. Faithfulness and loyalty are key to true friendship. Without them, we often feel betrayed, left out, and lonely. In true friendship, there is no backbiting, no negative thoughts, no turning away.

I have really found the real meaning of friendship the last few months. Nothing has been easy for me...life, love and work....but through it all I have my close friends I so deeply love and charish! You know who you are and I love you for that....here is something I found.

A simple friend, when visiting, acts like a guest.
A real friend opens your refrigerator and helps herself.
A simple friend has never seen you cry.
A real friend has shoulders soggy from your tears.
A simple friend doesn't know your parent or children's first names.
A real friend has their phone numbers in her 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 she has gone to bed.
A real friend asks you why you took so long to call.
A simple friend seeks to talk with you about their 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 (but wouldn't).
A simple friend thinks the friendship is over when you have an argument.
A real friend calls you after you had a fight. (Even if it was with them).
A simple friend expects you to always be there for them.
A real friend expects to always be there for you!