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 This morning while I was driving my youngest to preschool,  I remembered something my Mama told me when I was very little.  I am not sure why it popped into my head again this morning, but it gave me a moment of contemplation.

  ...(my Mama's voice)  "Kimmie, to have a friend you have to BE a friend."

   The process of "be" is something I continue to put effort into, lately there hasn't been enough "friend" time for me, I have been very family focused and am missing my friends. 

  If I have neglected you, forgive me, know that I care for you and that you are important to me.  I am learning so much, as God is stretching me.  I am hopefully 'being'  transformed more into His likeness, and hopefully that will make me a better friend. 

   I so appreciate a kind word from a friend, a word of encouragement, a word that edifies and builds up- I enjoy doing those things for my friends, thank you for also doing them for me. 

                                                            (((((((HUGS)))))))))

A man who has friends must himself be friendly, But there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
Proverb 18:24

In the New Year, may your right hand always be stretched out in friendship, never in want.
Irish Proverb

What is a friend? I will tell you it is someone with whom you dare to be yourself.
Frank Crane

A friend is one who knows us, but loves us anyway.
Fr. Jerome Cummings