Here's a quote I'm sure you've heard before:
Some people come into our lives and quickly go.
Others stay awhile, make footprints on our
hearts and we are never, ever the same.
and to this list I want to add the following people who have all touched my life. Some have come and gone, others are here still with me. I'm deliberately leaving family I was born with/into off the list, although they're remarkable) :
- Mark
- Chuck
- Aunt Dottie (Alma Dorothy - who's name means nourishing soul and gift from God)
- Sheila (Until Sheila, I didn't remember what it was to have a girlfriend)
- Romy (who sent me a card with the coolest picture of her)
- Victoria (aka Toria)
- Risa Scranton (bestest friend for years, even after I left Albany)
- Lynne McCoy (I wonder if I could restore this friendship?)
- Rick (glad we've connected again)
- Danny (Goof)
- Stoney (many reasons)
- Joseph (innumerable reasons)
- Chicken Joe (happy to not have him a part of my life now, but he did shape me)_
- Neil Nordmann (he spelt his name ei - he was my first best guy friend)
- Casey Wimmer (after so many years since college, still a very dear friend)
- Nancy J. Darnell (God made us friends, love made us sisters)
- Diana Tanner aka Ditto
- Marcia Ianacone (could contact her again)
The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, nor the kindly smile, nor the joy of companionship; it is the spiritual inspiration that comes to one when he discovers that someone else believes in him and is willing to trust him with his friendship. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
and in writing this list, I got to Chuck and tears welled in my eyes. I am never the same. Each of these people, and so many countless others, who do count, shaped who I am.
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