Hi ~ I recently lost a very dear friend -- but she didn't leave me voluntarily. She died.

We met when she was 5 and I was 4. I lived behind her and my Dad would put me over the fence so I could play with her. That was 60 years ago, and we were inseparable until she died. That was 60 years ago !!

So yes, some people DO have dear dear friends who stay thru thick and thin, thru deaths and marriages, and divorces and everything else you can think of. She was more of a sister to me than my own sisters!!! I miss her terribly -- yesterday was her birthday, and I hope she could "feel" me thinking of her.

Perhaps I was lucky to have a friend so long -- but friendship has to be worked on too. You can't expect friendship to just "be" there. Hugs, Lee