Friends are Forever

By: Andrea Edwards

            I’ve known for a long time that friends are a rare and special gift, but recently that understanding was made even clearer, when I reconnected with a long lost friend who I hadn’t seen in about thirty years.  Although we connected a few times about twenty years ago, we somehow managed to lose touch until of course; we were once again reunited with the help of Facebook.

Yes, I’ve made a lot of connections with people I’ve known over the years through with the help of Facebook, but not everyone shared a connection so deep that you can consider them to be a friend.  So, what made this reunion so different from all the others? Rhoda, that’s my friend—and I shared a sister-like bond, forged by an intimate understanding of our triumphs and successes.  We’ve helped to console each other through some of life’s most difficult challenges and have laughed hard at the many humorous moments that life presented us with.

Needless-to-say, we spent a great deal of time catching one another up to speed with all the happenings that had occurred in our lives, but the conversation flowed so effortlessly, as if no time of separation had ever existed.  This was indeed a rare gift—one that could only happen with people we’ve truly connected with—people, we call our friends.