Brownie Songs: Make New Friends...

If you were ever in the girls scouts, you'd know and remember the song, "Make New Friends." It goes like this:

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.

Last night we celebrated the birthday of my dearest (we REFUSE to say oldest) friend of 35 years.  35 years! We met when we were 4! We have slipped in and out of each others lives...but have always kept a place held in each others heart. She is the children's minister that I referred to in an earlier post (Day One: The Big C). She's magically reappeared just at the right time and I love her for that. That's just the way we are and have been for 35 years. She's gold.

And then my next dearest (definition=oldest) best friend of 32 years who recently moved clear across the US to California. She has ALWAYS been there for me. I totally cherish her. I got a card in the mail from her yesterday. Not a stock Christmas card. A card just for me. The front read:

"Good friends are like stars. You don't always see them, but you know they are always there..."

She's gold too.

Then I think of the friendships I've gathered, cherished and nurtured over the years. I have some amazing friends. They are the "sisters" I never had, the "call in the middle of the night friends," my Sisters in Christ. And now a network of breast cancer survivors and fighters that I hold close to my heart. They are all gold too.

I am blessed.