Friendships Ebb and Flow, but True Friendships Never Die!

I, too, have the silver and gold type of friends. They both add such value to my life.

I have a few life-long friends, known them since 7 years old.  I lost contact with one for 24 years, but when we met again, we could talk to each other like old times.  Since then, we made an effort to keep in touch by phone, (she lives in another country) at least once a month.  I have made many new friends too, neighbors, co-workers, etc.  I consider myself very very lucky.

Orchid

Your friend's very sweet & supportive.  Wow!

There's something about those friends whom we know when we were young, when we were still innocent, full of dreams & laughters, when we had no reserves & told each other all our secrets.  Then we grow up, college/study, work, marriage, kids, illness, deaths, ... etc, nothing rosy anymore.  

There's just a warm feeling to talk to those childhood friends, bring back a lot sweet & innocence  memories.  I am not undermining the 'new' friendships, they are just as precious as the 'old' friendships. 

I remember I read it somewhere: a friend is a person who know but tolerate all your faults and still love you.

Orchid

Enjoy yourselves during your stay in San Francisco.  Work & Fun & reconnecting with your friends at the same time.  What more can we ask! 

Orchid

p.s. there are many interesting places to go to in the  S.F. Bay Area, I am sure you'll have a great time.

Oh, Hollly, you are such a stick-in-the-mud!

Hi Holly, just got back to your blog. Have fun in SF. I get together with some of my lifelong friends periodically. One of them just graduated from the same seminary my daughter is attending. They had some classes together this past year. It was such a sweet connection for both of them. So I'm sharing a gold friend who has become a silver friend of my daughter.

Hi, Holly,

Just a thought, you may already know.  Remember to bring sweater/jacket, but you can buy those 'left my heart in SF' sweater  as souvenir.  SF's weather is famous for windy, sunny, foggy, overcast summer days.  Once a while, if you are 'lucky' , all happens in one day, random order (four seasons in one day). 

Have fun.

Orchid

Holly,

I am sure you'll be enjoying SF, now that you have a jacket, a light sweater, long pants, short pants, hat, scarf, ... & so on. You're well prepared, so you probably don't need those extra layers (Murphy's Law, right?!)

Orchid