Sunday, November 2, 2014

Thanksgiving

Family and friends

I am thankful to family and friends of whom I wouldn’t have gotten through this year’s shoulder surgery without them. They brought light, love and humor to my early, dark recovery days.

Nothing can take the place of family and friends.  I remember coming across the following song/poem decades ago and was moved by it then as now.

Make New Friends
by
Sue Lynch

Make new friends,
but keep the old.
One is silver,
the other is gold.
A circle is round,
it has no end.
That's how long,
I will be your friend.
A fire burns bright,
it warms the heart.
We've been friends,
from the very start.
You have one hand,
I have the other.
Put them together,
We have each other.
Silver is precious,
Gold is too.
I am precious,
and so are you.
You help me,
and I'll help you
and together
we will see it through.
The sky is blue
The Earth is green
I can help
to keep it clean
Across the land
Across the sea
Friends forever
We will always be