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We sat among friends at dinner the other night…

celebrating a new adventure Deborah and I are about to start

It was a moment filled with joy and laughter…

while it tugged at the fibers of our hearts.

And I thought how we all began as strangers

so many things about each other…unknown…

and as we came to appreciate, understand and enjoy each other 

affection and friendships have grown.

As I looked at all the faces around the table

I tried to comprehend…

When was the exact moment…

we transformed from strangers…into friends.

How did we reach a point where we are comfortable…

where everyone’s at ease…

laughing, talking sharing stories of our lives, our loves…our families.

And again I had to wonder…how and when did it come to be…

these friends…once  strangers…became part of our family.

But life is unpredictable, we never know what will happen day to day

which often brings a sadness…when good friends move away.

Yet there among the sadness…we find happiness with what we have achieved

for we have given the gift of friendship…

and the gift of friendship we have received.

We are confident once we move we will meet again…

and each meeting will be tenderhearted…

We will laugh and talk and share stories…as if we never parted.

Because we have experienced one of life’s wonders…shared only among friends

How friendship has no time limit…how good friendships never end.

Because all good friends who become old friends know the secret…

all friends will one day learn…

That friends never says goodbye to friends…they wait patiently for their return.