Ever since I found out I could be the hostess for the third Friday Five of each month, I have not been able to get the thought of friends out of my mind. Being an only child (all growed up) who moved around a lot in my lifetime, friends have always been very important to me. As Ralph Waldo Emerson once wrote: "The way to have a friend is to be a friend."So today let's write about the different kinds of friends we have, like childhood friends, lost friends, tennis friends, work friends, and the list goes on. List 5 different types of friends you have had in your life and what they were/are like.
As a bonus, put a link to a new (to you) blogging friend and introduce us!
As always, let us know in comments if you play. Post a direct link to your blog entry in your comment using the following formulation in the comment box: what you want the link to say goes here. For a complete how-to, click here.
I posted about a a friend problem I'm having, a slight deviation from the normal FF. Please give suggestions.
ReplyDeleteGreat firs Friday Five Jan, thanks, I pondered friendships here
ReplyDeleteJan, you are off to a great start! Thanks for jumping in here. I thought about friends over here.
ReplyDeleteI'm still thinking of different kinds of friends.
ReplyDeleteLet's see if I can get the link right this week! This was a great ff!!
ReplyDeleteI played here
I will be back to play, but how fun!
ReplyDeleteI'm off to do census canvassing for about the next 6 hours so I won't be able to read your blogs till later, but I did take a few minutes to write about friendships real and virtual here. Thanks Jan!
ReplyDeleteThanks for hosting Jan. I gathered my friends here.
ReplyDeleteAs I was making my contribution to this week's Friday Five I realised just what a therapeutic process it is. It really gives all participants to positively reflect on life. Thank you for letting me take part.
ReplyDeleteMy reflections are here
It is nice as we count our blessings to count our friends.
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I played, even though it made me nervous. What if I hurt someone's feelings?
ReplyDeleteOkey Dokey! I had to go looking for one picture - a recent picture of my family to round out my post, but I found it (on another computer!)
ReplyDeleteHere's mine!Deb
I played old and new friends....
ReplyDeleteA lovely one, Jan. I played here.
ReplyDeleteGreat start, Jan! I am thinking about friends here.
ReplyDeleteI am going to workshop on social media tomorrow. I hope to learn how to link there.
ReplyDeleteIn the meantime my friends are over at www.foraseason.blogspot.com
Hello cyberfriends,
ReplyDeleteC'mon over to my place!
this is great, jan! I'm having a hard time typing today, but maybe toward the end of the day I'll get something on this!
ReplyDeleteReally really good!
Fun! I contemplated the blessings of friendship here.
ReplyDeleteOn a sad but bittersweet day I played here.
ReplyDeleteThe length of my post might indicate that I have a LOT of friends, but really I just have a lot to say about the ones I have. I am blessed.
ReplyDeleteRead about it here.
Friends - me too only child.
ReplyDelete1. Fast friends. You meet someone and you feel already familiar
2. Roommate friends. "what's mine is mine and what's yours is mine ". Gloria's words.
3. Forever friends. Neither time nor distance makes you feel apart. You take up being together in the now of life
4. Literary friends. Characters in fine writing real or fiction who fit into your life and bring you comfort and joy whenever you need it.
5. Partners. They totally GET you! No words necessary. All words with clarity willing to be Honest no matter the risk. Will laugh and cry with and for you
finally...
ReplyDeleteI played for the first time in a while. Good one!
ReplyDeleteI've been thinking that I should put something on my blog just to prove that I am, in fact, a blogger. Here's the post to prove it
ReplyDeleteChiming in late, but here are my thoughts on friends.
ReplyDeleteBetter late than never, here .
ReplyDeleteMy answers are posted, finally. This was surprisingly difficult....
ReplyDeleteHave a great weekend everyone.
I played!
ReplyDeleteI did not have time to do justice to this, but note that as an only child myself who moved around a lot I identify with your perspective. I have had school friends, work friends, and family friends. Lately the most important have been seminary friends and I have found these are the best and hardest to part with as we engage in the comings and goings of the never-ending Lutheran diaspora known as seminary education.
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ReplyDeleteACK Blogger does not like me today, but I think this will work
ReplyDeletetrying again, I hope the link works this time!
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