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From: Jean Strain <>
Subject: Re: [ARIZARD-L] off subject Fw: For All the Good Friends Out There
Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2005 16:12:12 -0700 (PDT)
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I love that~~~my very best friend in the whole world is my hubby, Ray~~~I love him because of everything AND in spite of everything else~~we're just a matched set, after almost 39 years~~two different sides to the SAME person~~~Snickle in Tx
William Smith <> wrote:
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From: "Amy Hubble"
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Subject: For All the Good Friends Out There
Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 19:24:21 +0000
I thought y'all would enjoy this. Love you all.
Amy
In kindergarten your idea of a good friend was
the person who let you have the red crayon when all
that was left was the ugly black one.
In first grade your idea of a good friend was
the person who went to the bathroom with you and held
your hand as you walked through the scary halls.
In second grade your idea of a good friend was
the person who helped you stand up to the class bully.
In third grade your idea of a good friend was
the person who shared their lunch with you when you
forgot yours on the bus.
In fourth grade your idea of a good friend was
the person who was willing to switch square dancing
partners in gym so you wouldn't have to be stuck
do-si-do-ing with Nasty Nick or Smelly Susan.
In fifth grade your idea of a friend was the
person who saved a seat on the back of the bus for
you.
In sixth grade your idea of a friend was the
person who went up to Nick or Susan, your new crush,
and asked them to dance with you, so that if theysaid
no you wouldn't have to be embarrassed.
In seventh grade your idea of a friend was the
person who let you copy the social studies homework
from the night before that you had.
In eighth grade your idea of a good friend was
the person who helped you pack up your stuffed
animals and old baseball but didn't laugh at you when
you finished and broke out into tears.
In ninth grade your idea of a good friend was
the person who would go to a party thrown by a senior
so you wouldn't wind up being the only freshman there.
In tenth grade your idea of a good friend was
the person who changed their schedule so you would
have someone to sit with at lunch.
In eleventh grade your idea of a good friend
was
the person who gave you rides in their new car,
convinced your parents that you shouldn't be grounded,
consoled you when you broke up with Nick or Susan, and
found you a date to the prom.
In twelfth grade your idea of a good friend was
the person who helped you pick out a
college/university, assured you that you would get
into that college/university, helped you deal with
your parents who were having a hard time adjusting to
the idea of letting you go...
At graduation your idea of a good friend was
theperson who was crying on the inside but managed the
biggest smile one could give as they congratulated you.
The summer after twelfth grade your idea of a
good friend was the person who helped you clean up the
bottles from that party, helped you sneak out of the
house when you just couldn't deal with your parents,
assured you that now that you and Nick or you and
Susan were back together, you could make it through
anything, helped you pack up for university and just
silently hugged you as you looked through blurry eyes
at 18 years of memories you were leaving behind, and
finally on those last days of childhood, went out of
their way to give you reassurance that you would make
it in college as well as you had these past 18 years,
and most importantly sent you off to college knowing
you were loved.
Now, your idea of a good friend is still the
person who gives you the better of the two choices,
holds your hand when you're scared, helps you fight
off those who try to take advantage of you, thinks of
you at times when you are not there, reminds you of
what you have forgotten, helps you put the past behind
you but understands when you need to hold on to it a
little longer, stays with you so that you have
confidence, goes out of their way to make time for
you, helps you clear up your mistakes, helps you deal
with pressure from others, smiles for you when they
are sad, helps you become a better person, and most
importantly loves you!
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