Tuesday, January 4, 2011

You've Got a Friend

The tendency to strongly desire the best for one another could depict friendship. Some characteristics of a good buddy might be showin' sympathy and empathy. Ya'll want your friend to be honest, understandin' and compassionate. I don't know 'bout you but I want to trust my friend and receive emotional support. I'm not askin' too much here, am I? Friendship is completely a give and take relationship. The Good Book says in Proverbs 18:24 that , "A man that hath friends must show himself friendly: and there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother. We all have access to Jesus...the perfect eternal friend but baby we're mortal and need those great flesh and blood friends too. In that category this very blessed Ozark gal has had some chummy bosom chums. Yep, we're tight like a wet swimsuit two sizes too small on a long ride home from the lake.

When I was just a young chicklet I had the best girlfriend a gal could ever hope for. (That's me next to my little dog Tiny.) Why, we were as tight as pages in a big old book and as happy as a dog with two tails. We met in the first grade 'cause back in the day we didn't have kindergarten. We traveled through elementary school, high school and college together. Where you'd see one you were gonna see the other. Yep, we hung together like long hair in a biscuit. Folks, could I tell ya'll some stories! When we married, we were Maid of Honor in each others weddings but years and miles have separated us in body but not the bond of friendship we share.
I met my grown-up best friend at Church. Not that she replaced my childhood friend at all but it's just a different kinda friendship. She is a sweet spirited gal who loves the Lord with all her heart and my adult years has been better 'cause she has touched my life in only the way a great friend can. I always know my secrets are as safe as a tick on a stiff necked dog with her and I can count on her for absolutely anything. She is my cohort, companion and confidaunt who just makes me as happy as a lone rooster in the hen house!!!
While makin' the long trip back from Brownsville Texas last October, I was about as low as a gal could get. Knowin' that I would never see my Daddy again and bein' so far away from my family, it was the toughest trip I've ever made. Under the best circumstances, it is a difficult drive. The one way the journey is 1145 miles long. We had spent the night in Arkansas where I know my good old bloggin' buddy lived. I knew she lived in Tiny Town and that she worked at the Post Office. We got up the next mornin' and I asked Hubby if we by any chance traveled through Tiny Town and he said, "no...but we could."After travelin' up a mountain on the windin' roads where ya saw the road below had me shakin' like a scared cat in a dog pound, we reached the Post Office of Tiny Town where I requested Gail. "She don't work here,"...."She works over in Teeny Town." My Hubs bein' the hunka hunka burnin' love he is drove me to Teeny Town as exhausted as we were to meet my beautiful bloggin' buddy. It was a delight and the highlight a very difficult trip. I took one look at her and she took one fearful look at me. ( Ya, see....she thought I was a postal inspector....heeehehehe!) I told her to ," get out here and give me a hug!" She did and we hugged and talked and hugged and laughed and did I mention we hugged??? Pop over and meet the sweetest gal, Gail...."At the Farm."
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Look at this!!! I won the lottery over at Teresa's at "Grammy Girlfriend". She also has been a great bloggin' friend who is a big believer in sendin' real cards by real mail. Just look at this lovely box, it was chucked full as Pappy's belly after Thanksgivin' Dinner. Not only was it filled with beautifully assorted cards there was a gorgeous ceramic 'laugh' hanger. She included a book, "Your Late Again Lord", the impatient guide to God's timing. How'd she know.....I want everything YESTERDAY? There were winter envelopes with snowmen on 'em. Just happens I collect the little cold hearted fellas. A 'Cooking Light' magazine with recipe makeovers for a healthier me and a 'All You' magazine filled with $24.00 worth of coupons. I clip 'em...I'm just that kinda chick! If that wasn't enough there was a beautiful John Rossini "Life Itself" calendar that I can slip in my purse. I keep my life in these things and this one is already filled out and ready to go. How did she know??? Thank you Teresa my friend. Please hop over and wish her a great New Year, the last year really threw her some life challenges.

Yep, this chick is as wild as a peach orchard hog about the many great friends I have been blessed with. In 1971 Carol King wrote a song that won the Grammy Awards both for Best Pop Mail Vocal Performance and Song of the year. Jame Taylor sang the song and Warner Brothers produced it on a little seven inch vinyl. Remember those??? The song ,"You've Got a Friend", has been popular throughout the ages with lyrics like "when your down and troubled and you need a helping hand." I just want my friends to know that in this new year of ours that no matter what, no matter where, "You've Got a Friend!!!"

HAPPY NEW YEAR MY FRIENDS!

112 comments:

  1. Afternoon! Love your post on friends. Got a few myself and I love yourpackage in the mail! You write such a good post everytime!

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  2. Beautiful post Nezzy..and I also love the song..I pray all is well on your side of the mountain my friend..Hugs and smiles Gloria

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  3. What a sweet post Nezzy! A true friend is a real treasure! Happy New Year!
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  4. Nezzy, I'd be honored to be your friend. You have put to words some of the best of the best feelings about friendship. Once you have a good one you never want to let them go.

    Lots of Love and Hugs!
    Happy new year to you!

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  5. I have two best friends, neither of them live here, they are 6 hours away. I can relate to the friend thing. one is from JR high til now and the other from sunday school in 1965. friends are forever

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  6. What a wonderful post about friendship. And pictures and everything! It was lovely to hear about how friends pulled you up and how friends are forever. I'm glad to be your blogging friend. :-)

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  7. I love that you went to visit your blog friend in Teeny Town!

    I suspect that you are a very good friend to have.

    =)

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  8. OMG! Nezzy, you've met Gail??? I LOVE that woman. She has been just so dear to me. You have no idea..now..you talk about a friend! That woman knows how to be a friend even from miles and miles away. I had NO idea the two of you lived within visiting distance. That is just the greatest thing I have heard in awhile. You two are SO like. Now, I know the two of you are a lot young than I am..but even so, that hasn't seemed to matter one bit in the blogging world. Of course many of my friends are younger...and..
    Oh shoot!! This is just great! I am not going to be jealous at all...nope not one bit...(ok, maybe just a bit... ;)I am just delighted that two of the dearest women in blogland have met!
    *smilin' from ear to ear here!*

    Love and hugs,
    Mona

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  9. Nezzy, I am happy we are blog friends, and I enjoyed hearing about your friends and your journey to the little post office, to connect with another friend. I LOVE the phrases you use in your posts (wild as a peach orchard hog, etc.) and congrats on winning, Theresa is a great lady.

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  10. A lovely ode to friendship and fine tributes to these particular friends. Happy New Year, Nezzy. I hope 2011 is wonderful for you and yours.

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  11. How lovely to have girlfriends. I'm somewhat of a loner and not that great of a friend, perhaps that's the reason that no one ever tried to keep in touch with me. I have made great friends through blogging and they have always been very sweet and kind. I would probably have to say that my hubby and my sister are my closest friends. Such a sweet post to ring in the New Year. Take care and enjoy all your new goodies.

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  12. Happy New Year! I hope 2011 is awesome for you!

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  13. Nezzy, I proclaim you Goddess of Friendship, Friend of all friends.

    I love the sweet pictures of you and your best childhood friend, your church friend, you and your bloggie friend Gail.
    Your words about these friends are warming the heart.
    Enjoy the awsome gifts received from Teresa(another dear bloggie friend of yours)!

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  14. To keep a friend, you must be a friend. You obviously are.

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  15. Some friends help you not to fall and the others are there if you do.

    "Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labor. For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe unto him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up."
    ~ The Bible: Ecclesiastes 4:9-10.

    Loved your post Nezzy

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  16. Nothing better than a girlfriend!!! I am blessed in that department too! Someone to laugh with, cry with and go through life's everyday "stuff" with...it's the best!!
    What a trip you had...that's a lot of miles to drive. How fun to meet a fellow blogger. What a great hunka-hunka burnin` love you've got!!!
    Congrats on your win! Books are a big blessing too.
    Missed your blogging lately...loved this post!

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  17. friends just make life more beautiful don't they? thanks for the thoughts and prayers sent my way. have a great new year!

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  18. well you must have the worlds best husband because I know if I could get my husband to drive to tiny town and he found out it was the wrong town there is no way he would drive to teeny town.
    how wonderful to have such good friends in your life.

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  19. What a wonderful post Nezzy!
    Now I want to meet you! Your so pretty!
    And you were such a cutie, patootie little girl too!
    It's so nice to meet bloggin friends isn't it?
    It's like we already know so much that we aren't strangers at all!
    Big Hugs and I am visitng a girlfriend in Missouri this summer so maybe I can find you too?
    Hugs,
    Cindy

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  20. Nezzy it was so wonderful to hear about you and your dear friend.
    sandie

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  21. What a nice post Nezzy. There is nothing like best and good friends. Two of my best friends live within blocks of me. That is so cool that you got to meet your blogging friend. Hugs

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  22. Yep, Gail is the best! My motto: "If you can count your TRUE friends on your hands, you HAVE been blessed."

    And, OMG, are those saddle oxfords in that photo? LOL, and we could not wear pants to school either :D
    Jules @ Trying To Get Over The Rainbow

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  23. Small world -- I follow Gail's blog too! She is such a great lady. I enjoy her posts so much.

    Congratulations on your win! That's awesome!

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  24. Hi Sweetie, Enjoyed reading about your friends. I'm wishing you a very blessed New Year.

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  25. Nezzy, I am flabbergasted!

    That is the sweetest thing anyone could say, thank you, thank you, you brought tears to my eyes...

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  26. Nezzy so glad I did not miss this post. I love it and you too
    Love
    Maggie

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  27. Oh, Nezzy, you are such a good friend it is not wonder you have had so many good friends in you life. This post was a wonderful tribute to friendship and brought a tear to my eye in memory of my life long friend who died a few years ago.

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  28. Nezzy...I do believe..after our hunky hunky hubbies...our sweet children...there is nothing better that girlfriends...filtering our brains..with thoughts..sayings..and laughter..and of course prayer.

    I am glad to say I have been blessed with short friendships thru the years...most of my friends were the guys growing up..I rodeo..when most didn't..and I loved hauling hay..when the girly girls didn't..so yeah..the guys were my friends!! lol
    Now it's my grown daughters..who would of known? All that fussing growing up..now it's mama they want to shop and talk with..melts my heart!!
    Fair warning...next week..Gingerbread surprise..I did try to get two...really I did!!

    Hugs Cindy from Rick-Rack and Gingham
    and "Mornin Glories"

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  29. I can tell you are a wonderful person and friend because someone who is not doesn't keep her friends so long! You are blessed and those you call friends are blessed! I love this post.

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  30. My best friend from kindergarten and I have been separated for many, many years. Yet we can pick up a conversation just as if we've never been apart. Funny how those true friendships stick, even through wear and tear and time.
    May you have a gloriously wonderful 2011, Nezzie.
    I'm off to warmer parts...heading south. Will keep in touch.
    Fondly,
    Joanne

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  31. Very nice post! How lucky that you got to meet Gail! I love her blog! And now, yours too!

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  32. Have a wonderfully blessed year, Nezzy!

    Anybody would be lucky to call you friend! =)

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  33. What a great post to start the year; you do have a way with words. My best friend from school days is long gone but lucky me my best friend now is my hunk of love my husband.

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  34. You most definitely have some very special friends!

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  35. Those are some good friends! Of course this just shows that you are a good friend yourself, cause to have a friend you have to be one yourself!

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  36. First of all Gail rocks and YOU rock. I will call you my pet (friend)rocks cuz I luvs ya both.

    Secondly, I went to a James Taylor concert in Springfield a few hundred years ago. LOVE him too. Yes I'm passing my lovin around.

    Thirdly, you are super blessed to rake in all that loot.

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  37. I enjoyed reading about your friends. I'm glad that you got to meet one of your blogging friends. I've met a couple blogging friend; I hope to meet others too!

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  38. Hi Nezzy! What a beautiful post about friendships! True friends are certainly a great blessing in our lives. Loved your photos, you look much too young to be a grandmother of 8! And congrats on your win, what wonderful gifts! Happy New Year to you! ~Cheryl

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  39. It takes a great friend to have great friends.

    Happy New Year!

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  40. The perfect song for those perfect friendships. You know when you describing how tight the friendship is, I was expecting to read another expression I've heard. Tight as the bark on a tree. I'm waiting for the Nezzy's quote page filled with these great expressions.

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  41. What a beautiful post! Happy New Year!

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  42. Nezzy that is so AWESOME!!!!!
    I swear blog friends are the best.
    I call them my "blisters" (blog sisters)

    It sounds like she was just what you needed your your very difficult trip.

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  43. Nezzy, This post is my favorite stop for the evening! I love how you have placed God in the center and have woven in the beauty of good friends, pals, best friends and what not.

    I love that I found your blog. It's great to hear someone besides me enjoys sending "snail mail" in the form of greeting cards.

    You've got a friend in me, Nezzy. As long as you can look past the Anacondas, Piranhas, and all that grows wild in the Amazon! hehe

    God bless and keep you, sweet girl! You have blessed my heart today.

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  44. What a wondeful post as well as the photos Nezzy! So haw far is Tiny town from Tenny town?

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  45. I love that song! -- Great post! And thanks friend for leaving such nice comments --- you know how to brighten the day!

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  46. What a lovely tribute to your friends! That childhood photo is adorable.

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  47. ANOTHER thought provoking, true, and beautifully written post that no matter who you are, no matter if you are a country chick or a city woman, YOU CAN UNDERSTAND THE BEAUTIFUL SENTIMENTS OF FRIENDSHIP....how I long to see some of the women that I have bonded with through blogging....oh Nezzy, you are the best. Your writing, I SWEAR...should be published. PLEASE, PLEASE look into publishing. My fondest regards for a WONDERFUL AND PROPEROUS NEW YEAR! Perhaps publishing in the future....Anita

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  48. Good Morning Nezzy! How much fun is it to see you and Gail together, smiling faces, arms around each other. It plain ol makes me smile! Those meetings with gals that we blog with, comment to and email are just the best. Maybe just a little bittersweet because we can't see them regularly but maybe that is what makes them so special, I don't know. Love seeing you two together this morning. Gail has given me some wonderful little jewels of advice amd here and there let me know that what I am feeling, well, I'm not alone. Gail is a goodie! Plus she has a wicked fun sense of humor! And well dang Nezzy she was pretty lucky to meet you!

    Great post to start my morning! I will be visiting your link to Grammy Girlfriend! Enjoy your Wednesday!

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  49. Nezzy, you've hit the nail on the head once again. Friendship is a treasure; I'm fortunate to have many friends and blessed to have a few close ones. Bless you!

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  50. How beautiful!!! What a treasure to have such sweet friends in your life! Have a wonderful day! Love ya! ♥

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  51. Ok, I left you a comment last night while reading in a google reader. I don't see it here. In fact I left a lot of comments last night and thought I finally had the commenting thing figured out. Maybe not. Where did all my comments go that I left. Will anybody see them. Who knows. Maybe the share button isn't the way to go.

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  52. Enjoy your post. I treasure all my friends.

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  53. I can only imagine what a wonderful friend you are, you certainly are a wonderful blend to me!
    xoxo
    SC

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  54. Happy as a dog with two tails? Happy as a lone rooster in a hen house? Sweetheart, you know I am stealing those and using them in mynext novel! I am so happy you got to meet Gail. I love to meet blog friends - our time is coming, my dear.

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  55. Wonderful post, I just did 2 about certain friendships in my life that have lasted over 20 years. Where would we be without our good friends? They are such a blessing!
    Have a wonderful new year with many new adventures and great memories!
    Blessings,
    Jill

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  56. Awesome post. Thank you for constant encouragement, prayers, and love. You are an wonderful vessel...thanks for allowing HIM to continue using you.
    Hugs,
    andrea

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  57. Nezzy, first of all, Thank you for stopping by and visiting us at Verde Farm today. Made me day because it lead me here. This post is wonderful and I couldn't agree more that flesh and bone friends are so important, especially to us female types. Your writing is so upbeat I can feel a positive energy coming out of your words. It uplifted me today. Thank you!! Looking forward to following you in 2011 :)

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  58. Hi sister Neezy. Nice to meet you and thank you for your encouraging comment you left at my site. I appreciate your visit!

    I'm that kind of person where I'm thrilled to just have a few friends yet the quality of friendship is awesome! I'm grateful for these kind of relationships that the Lord blesses us with. Yours are wonderful stories! Your words reflect the warm person you are, too. God bless you and protect you.

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  59. Oh Nezzy, you are the funnest, the dearest and most wonderful farm girl....LOVE YA!!!! Anita

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  60. I loved this post on friendship...I wish I lived close to you, I would love to have you for a friend. (Great haul here, so nice!) :D

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  61. Nezzy the title attracted me. So appreciate your post dear one and you. Blessings.

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  62. Howdy Nezzy
    AMEN sista and back at ya :)
    Love and hugs to last you as long as you need them sweetie !
    Until we meet again
    Happy Trails

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  63. That was a wonderful post. Up and down and all around. You are a good story teller. Happy New Year.

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  64. Nezzy, it's been a while since I stopped by and reading this post just made me smile and wish I'd stopped sooner! You have made some great friends, but I bet you are a hoot to be around and could make anyone smile. Have a wonderful new year and I won't be a stranger!

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  65. Congratulations on your loot--it all looks great!
    I am glad that I have met you through the blog world because you always have something nice to say when you are over at Dreaming and I appreciate your support where "the job" is concerned. I consider YOU one of MY true friends!

    Melinda

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  66. I'm just grinnin' ear to ear reading this! So glad you have such awesome friends and that your hubby was that fabulous to you to take you to your bloggy friend AND that you scored big on that win! You deserve it! Blessings and hugs and love!

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  67. Nezzy, this is a wonderful beginning of the year tribute to your friends! I am so glad that you have such true friends, and especially that you got to meet your blog friend in real life to help you through such a hard time. Isn't it just so exciting to meet a blog friend for the first time? Happy New Year, Nezzy!!!

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  68. There's nothing better than a good gal pal to share secrets with. Love this post Nezzy. You made me smile. Thanks.

    xoxoxo Happy New Year, jj

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  69. Loved this post! Friends are so very important in our lives and there are many kinds of friendship. Some last a lifetime, some only as long as they are meant to, but they are all significant.
    Wishing you many more years of great friendship in the future.,)
    xoxo

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  70. What is it they say? Something like....God Almighty first planted a garden. And indeed, it is the purest of human pleasures...Friends!!!

    You are such a sweetie!
    Hugs from a Friend...
    Shug

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  71. Nezzie I loved this post!First I have to say I'm jealous you got to meetGail! She seems like a wonderful lady! Second I'm reading a book right now called The Girls from Ames it's about a group of 11 gals who remain friends from little girls through adulthood and the joys and trials it is very touching! Girlfriends are important to us gals! Hugs,Traci

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  72. Friends are vital, Nezzy, and blogging affords us many additional opportunities to find more of them.

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  73. Thanks for stopping by my blog today! I've got some friends that are exactly like yours. I met up with my grade school best bud over Christmas and yes, we hugged. a lot.

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  74. nice. we all need friends...they carry us in those moments....and what a cool prize...lots of great goodies...happy new year!

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  75. Oh sweet friend, you ALWAYS put a smile on my face when I visit you! Loved this post! There is nothing like good friends. It sounds like your hubby know how important our blogging buddies are to us. So glad he let you take the time to visit with one. Speaking of friends (loved your gifts!) isn't Teresa of Grammy Girlfriend amazing?! How she does all she does is beyond me! Sure do love her.

    Hugs,
    Kat

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  76. My bestest and I met in 3rd grade. We are as opposite as opposite can be but it works somehow.
    When I learned that my mom had died she was the first person I called. Without missing a beat she said, "I'll start packing."
    You cannot buy that type of love and devotion and I am blessed to have her in my life.

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  77. Your post on friends and friendship is beautiful. It doesn't matter at what stage in life we are, making a friend is a great blessing.

    Thank you for your visit!

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  78. What a sweet post. How awesome that you got to meet your blog friend and also that you have your long time friend. I remember reading that you won Teresa's giveaway. She is a wonderful blog friend and what great gifts you got!

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  79. Hi Nezzy, You are such a good friend..I suspect that you are the highlight in many peoples days! It is lovely that you got to meet Gail!
    Remember that old round.."Make new friends, keep the old, one is silver and the others gold" I used to sing that with my girls traveling down the road. Mind you I am not a singer..but it made long trips bearable. Just like our trip through life..and the good friends that we make along the way..it makes the trip bearable! :)

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  80. Great post filled with so much truth:) My 8 best friends from high school and I live all over the country but still try to get together at least once a year. I am so thankful for all of them.

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  81. You are a very special friend and I am so glad I got to know you. I share your love of life and friends and God. 2011 is going to be a great year!

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  82. What a nice post about friends.
    Thanks for stopping by. I am picky about my blackeyed peas. :-D Growing up - My Mother cooked the dried ones and I gag just thinking about them. I use Bush's canned, with a little bacon drippings, cooked til done, but NOT mushy.
    For the Texas Caviar, I use Bush's drained and rinsed straight out of the can.
    Have a great weekend.
    Glenda

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  83. What a sweet thing your hubby did....

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  84. Hey dear sweet Nezzy...what beautiful friendships you have...and what a gobsmackin' parcel you got!!! Aint friends worth their weight in gold!!! Wishing you a blessed 2011...from the Beach Chick Down Under...Dzintra♥x

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  85. James Taylor performing that song seems more last yesterday or last week rather than 39 years ago!!!!! LOVE that song. What a sweet, fun blog. A couple of my blogger buddies & spouses are planning to meet for the first time this spring. We are excited about that!

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  86. Now that's what I call a friendship!

    Good for you for winning some wonderful things from Teresa. You are so very blessed.

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  87. This is one of my favorites of everything you've written. Friendship is such an important part of our lives. My therapist (a few months ago) asked me in our initial session if I had friends, and I told her of course, and lots of them I've never even met! But it's so true - so many of us bloggers have become close friends.
    Gotta pop over and meet this Gail. A fellow postal worker? Hmmm...maybe we can share some horror stories...

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  88. Thanks for introducing me to your beautiful friends. I bet you're one heck of a "BFF" too!
    (((hugs)))
    your far away friend in MD (stop in anytime!)

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  89. The most beautiful discovery true friends make is that they can grow separately without growing apart.- Elizabeth Foley

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  90. yes, friends are very special indeed!

    yay for you winning all those goodies!!

    happy new year :)

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  91. Good friends are a blessing, and the whole wide world of friendship has gotten even bigger now that we all have blog friends to lean on too! Enjoy all that loot. My mom sends me her All You magazine when she's done with it (I can never find it in Canada)--nothing like unexpectedly receiving a fun read in the mail to brighten your day!
    Happy New Year!!

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  92. You never fail to lift my spirits.I`m blessed to have found your blog.I believe God had a little something to do with meeting your blogger friend.Many blessings to you in this new year,phylliso

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  93. So nice to read this post about the people who have touched your life.

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  94. Howdy-do, Nezzy! Thanks for stoppin' by! I'm so glad to meet you and I have enjoyed doing some reading here tonight! Great post on friendship, Nezzy, and I'll bet you are a wonderful dependable loyal friend! I can just tell...

    Nice to meet a fellow country gal. I've been reading Gail's blog for awhile, and it's so neat that you got to meet her! I'll bet she's a dear - I love her no-nonsense way that she looks at life. You have yourself a wonderful weekend, and I'll see ya again!

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  95. Hi, Nezzy. As it happens, I jus' came from Gail's home on the web. Ain't she a sweetheart? I saw that you had commented on one 'uh her posts an' I jus' hadda' come an' see you. It's been way too long.

    Great post. Friendship is so special. I love that we find an' make friends in Blogland. It's so nice to see you again, my friend.

    ~ Yaya

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  96. Nezzy honey as you can see by all the wonderful comments that you are a true friend to all that know you.
    Just wanted to come by and thank you for being my friend and to have a lovely weekend.
    Hope soon you can write me good news about Angel Dawn.
    Monday they are putting a feeding tube in Gary. So sad they both have go through this.
    Love ya
    Maggie

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  97. This post came as no surprise to me. I'm sure you collect friends like a ....

    Know that I sat here for ten minutes, trying to think of a sweet little simile for you, but I kept coming up with icky stuff like "like flied to you-know-what" or "like work boots collect cow manure," etc. etc. I guess we'll have to leave the creative writing to YOU! :)

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  98. Thanks for dropping by my blog. Happy New year.

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  99. Praise the Lord for wonderful friends! There is nothing like them, that's for sure! And I love your description of those wonderful people in your life. Have a wonderful weekend. Jackie

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  100. Yep...you gotta have fre-ends, la la la la la!
    I loved this friendly post, sweet Nezzy, and those great goodies you got in the mail too! Wishing you many beautiful blessings, much love and happiness in 2011! xo Paulette :)

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  101. Lovely tribute to your friends. Good friends are a treasure.

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  102. I can't imagine my life without my friends and am so grateful for all the wonderful people I get to call friend. Blog friends are my newest joy in life and meeting them has been a wonderful part of my life. I've got to pay a visit to Gail's blog.

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  103. What would we do without sweet sweet friends...so love visiting you. Happy Monday. xoxoxo

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  104. Such a sweet post Nez, Happy New Year to you my friend!

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  105. God blessed me with my best friend 30 years ago. We, too, shared in each other's weddings and we are each other's children's godmothers. It is a special relationship to have grown up at someone's hip!

    Bloggy friends are real friends, as well. I feel so blessed to have "met" so many beautiful people over the waves of the internet and I am so glad that one was there for you in your time of need.

    God bless, Nezzy! I know that I am glad that I "met" you.

    :-)
    Traci

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  106. Oh Nezzy, your wit always makes me smile! I love your "like a" phrases and always wish I could remember them when the need arises. Your friendship post was wonderful! (and what an adorable little girl you were). laurie

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  107. And YOU are a wonderful friend to everyone who knows you, dearest Nezzy!!! Loved this!!! I just wanted to stop by to say "hello," and give you a "love you!" Hope your 2011 is starting out wonderfully well!!! ~Janine xoxo

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  108. Love, love, love that song!! Makes me teary-eyed every single time I hear it...just can't help myself!

    This post comes at such an ironic time for me. You see, I just lost a very good friend over a misunderstanding. I believe I'm right, she believes she's right...we can't agree. Which is fine, of course but she got downright nasty and offensive and that's where I draw the line. I can't even tell you the last time I lost a friendship so it hurts. But I know, in the long run, if that's the type of person she is than I don't need her in my life. I've got plenty of other friends who fill my life with nothing but happiness and joy!!

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  109. Our brains must be in alignment. I've truly been appreciating my friendships and my last post, I ended with Carole King's song "Beautiful".

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  110. What a great post about friendship...I thoroughly enjoyed reading about your friendships...I am thankful for all my friends in my day to day life and those in the blogging community. So thankful to have met you...thank you for all the very uplifting sweet comments you have left...every single one has brightened up my day. Blessings. XX

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  111. Another great post!
    "I'm not askin' too much here, am I?" NOPE! Friends are what makes this world tolerable!

    I got dizzy fast scrolling down to be #111 to comment on your post!
    How long have you been blogging?

    kt

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