Friendship (Personal)
My Friends Are Like Diamonds In The Sand - Susan Thom
I have four close friends. I have no desire, at fifty, to surround myself with a million friends who are either fake, or use me to get what they want. I spent time with those types of friends in grammar school, high school, and throughout my twenties, thirties, and forties. I was a very good... Submitted 4 years 264 days ago.
We Need To Give Our Loved Ones Permission To Pass Away - Susan Thom
I have yet to meet another human being that touched this world in the same way my mom did. She was definitely a people person, and her heart could warm Alaska. She had no agenda. She simply cared about her patients, while working as a nurse, and her husband, kids, and family. That’s all she... Submitted 4 years 264 days ago.
Metaphor Daze: A Friend in Need is Inconvenient -
- Steve RadfordThey say a person can live for 30 days without food, 3 days without water and 3 minutes without air. For Charlie and Tom, neither air nor food was a problem. At first glance, water wouldnt appear to be an issue either. They were surrounded by it. But the crystal clear water that surrounded their... Submitted 4 years 284 days ago.
- eOnce there was a little tree. It had a special place all to itself in a beautiful forest, and with the warm winds and gentle rains, the seedling began to grow. Soon, a few small leaves appeared, and the little tree spent the long summer days opening itself to the sun. For some reason... Submitted 4 years 331 days ago.
Lonliness: the Result of Our Friendless Society - Mike Fletcher
Here's an important question to answer: right now, if you really needed some help, how many friends do you have that you could call who you know would mimmediately be there for you? Still thinking? This is not good! You were not made to go it alone. God created us for relationships... Submitted 5 years 131 days ago.
Friends Like You -
- Jessie SnyderIt’s all because of friends like you Who lift up my spirits when I’m feeling blue! It’s all because of friends like you Who make me smile, who make me laugh Who brightens up my days! You comfort me when I am sad, Encourage me when I need that little extra nudge You... Submitted 213 days 7 hours ago.
How Would You Know and Why Should You Care? - Elfreda Eriksen
How would you know that since that day she has been spiraling downward in every way, And her brain has lost it's ability to think and everyday she is losing her will and every hour she is increasigly ill. How would you know and why... Submitted 1 year 220 days ago.
Should Your Mother Be Your Best Friend Forever? -
- Velica GalaudShould your mother be your best friend? This depends on how you define best friend. This article explores reasons why you may have had your best friend from day one without realizing it. In doing this, it also points out some character traits that are important for the one who holds this coveted... Submitted 1 year 283 days ago.
Four Pillars of Support -
- Lynnette VetschThe other day I was sitting in a girlfriend's living room with three other women. We were chatting about our relationships; our ex husbands and the relationships we were currently in. It was at that moment that something occurred to me. It is so easy at times for us to get stuck in our... Submitted 1 year 293 days ago.
Silent Soul speaketh the truth - Elfreda Eriksen
Silent soul, thoughts running deep, Like magma flowing in the chambers of what seems to be a dormant volcano. Bubbling deep beneath the surface. The silent soul speaks the truth, nature will tell, and nothing will get in its way. For the force of nature will clear the air in a burst of energy... Submitted 2 years 123 days ago.
- Alisa MillerIt was Pamela Anderson who in Barb Wire , a post-apocalyptic remake of Casablanca , immortalized the line by appearing in tight leathers and lycra and highlighting her silicone-enhanced assets. Whatever the ambitions or pretension of the B-movie might have been the tag line was ironic. Here was... Submitted 2 years 151 days ago.
Backstabbing Blues - Ronyae
N obody likes to be stabbed in the back; who would enjoy feeling like you can 'trust' a person, to find that they never had your best interests at heart? So often we go around feeling like the 'friends' we have are actually true to the definition. I want to share an instance with my readers.... Submitted 3 years 78 days ago.
What Is a Real Friend? - Andrea Drzyzga
What is a real friend? Let me start with the real reason that I am writing this story. I'm a women who has worked for years, now I own my own cottage business, I have grown children, my Dad of 91 years old lives with me and my husband, I LIVE the part of the "sandwich generation". I'm sure that I... Submitted 3 years 94 days ago.
An Open Letter to a Dear Friend Olof Eriksen - Sandra E. Graham
I couldn't sleep that night, tossing and turning, trying to find a more comfortable position-there are none. Why can't you take your arms off and hang them on the wall when you go to bed at night? Who said that? I think it was George Carlin on an old Saturday Night Live show. As we get older... Submitted 3 years 120 days ago.
A poem dedicated to April love - Elfreda Eriksen
A poem of unremitting Love If you are there, can you hear the beating of my heart? The warmth of your smile lingers in the last of the summer sun. If you are there, can I hold you in my arms like I did once on the eve of that day in April, when our spirits first met in the garden of new life. If... Submitted 3 years 134 days ago.
My Popularity Rating - Olof Eriksen
MY POPULARITY RATING IS DIVING OFF THE CHART! How do you like that? I joined SearchWarp on August 21, 2008 and I was immideately assigned a popularity rating of 138. Not bad I guess, being a new member, but here I am exactly ten days later and I be darned. I have dropped exactly 113 point down to... Submitted 3 years 163 days ago.
Friendship James & Kyle - Moving Story That Will Bring Tears To Your Eyes - Kacycarr
Are you not sure what friendship means, sadly if this is the case then there is every possibility you could be missing out on one of life's beautiful necessities. Having a true friend at your side makes life a lot simpler and less complicated. A solid partnership involving two people brings... Submitted 3 years 171 days ago.
Building Trust in a Relationship -
- Jay HopsonRelationships need trust to develop and flourish. A friendship with no trust can be compared to a plant without cultivation or water. Sooner or later it will dry up and die. And like a plant that is too far gone, trust, applied too late cannot revive a relationship that is past restoring. ... Submitted 3 years 214 days ago.
5 Ways to Attract the Relationships You Want -
- Lori RadunThere has been a time in my life when relationships were a source of great discontentment in my life. I worked around negative people. I didn't have a lot of the kinds of friends I wanted. I was in a marriage that was lonely and filled with conflict. Although today all my relationships are not... Submitted 3 years 363 days ago.
What Makes A Good Friend? -
- Steve HillWhich qualities would you expect a friend to have? Would you consider yourself to be a good friend? What constitutes a good friend? My name is Stephen Hill from Birmingham in the UK . I am now thirty-four years of age and it seems that the older I become the less true friends I actually have. Why... Submitted 4 years 30 days ago.
The Tiger and the Rabbit - J. H. Stan
Once upon a time, in a land far away, there was a great forest which stood for thousands of years. The forest held vast amounts of mighty trees and lush foliage which grew green and full and bloomed throughout each year. Deep in the center, on thickly padded moss covered paths in so deep a... Submitted 4 years 44 days ago.
Footprints In The Heart - Michael Brickey
On their deathbeds people rarely say, “I wish I had spent more time at the office." Rather they talk about their relationships with people. It’s wonderful to have a lot of friends. What we want most, however, is to leave “footprints in people’s hearts." It’s so easy to get caught up in our to... Submitted 5 years 20 days ago.
I forgot a friend’s birthday this month. A friend that I’ve known for over 20 years. I really have no excuse, as it just so happens that 7 birthdays of close friends and family fall in the first week of January. So I’m usually prepared for this week and quite aware of each... Submitted 186 days 14 hours ago.
I’d walk a mile for…. Coffee. - Heidi Cornelissen
Oh – and company. In fact, I already do this – and even more than one mile. I belong to a Saturday morning walking group that meets early in the morning before the heat (in summer) and the rain (in winter) sets in. We actually walk 5 miles before we’re ‘allowed’... Submitted 186 days 14 hours ago.
Relationships Are a Dance of Souls -
- Jim FargianoRelationships are a dance of souls and their interactions together. Some are duets of near perfection, but the majority are always a work in progress. Just like on the dance floor, your physical connections depend on balance. Without having a fair share of it, then what could be or should... Submitted 296 days 1 hour ago.
