Friendship

"When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives means the most to us, we often find that it is those who, instead of giving advice, solutions, or cures, have chosen rather to share our pain and touch our wounds with a warm and tender hand."  ~Henri Nouwen

There are some that would love to give their solutions and their advice, but, there are those that come into our life that make us laugh, lend a hand and most of all relate to what we feel. These friends share our pain. They cry when we cry, mourn over our losses and rejoice in our victories. The silence is not awkward, although, with my real friends there is not a lot of silence. My dearest friends and I do not get to spend that much time together, and when we do... the talking is non-stop (usually until the wee hours of the morning). Most of my dearest friends are spread across the nation;  from California, Nevada, Kentucky, Texas to Florida. I have friends in Romania, Kenya, Morocco, Iran and England. Most of my friends are in the ministry and understand the loneliness that occasionally comes with being a Pastor's Wife.



"Friendship is unnecessary, it has no survival value; but it's one of those things that gives value to survival" ~ C.S. Lewis