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Category Archives: Friendship
To Infinity and Beyond to Lend a Hand
(Source: A friend found this at http://buff.ly/10FHdqv. I haven’t checked out that site.) The photo made me smile. To infinity and beyond. It’s a great blessing to have friends who will go the distance to lend a helping hand. Love, … Continue reading
Posted in Friendship, Heroes, Photos That Touched Me
Tagged Buzz Lightyear, Friend, Friendship, helping hand, lend a hand, to infinity and beyond, Toy Story
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To A Friend Who Is Going Through Tough Times
A friend who is going through tough times recently wrote something along the lines that she needed to get out into nature. Dear friend: I wrote the lyric for the song linked above, and Kevin Harris wrote the music. I’m … Continue reading
Posted in Songs I've Written or Co-Written, Friendship, Nature, Dealing with Pain & Grief, Pain & Grief, Loneliness, Beauty, Dreams, Feelings/Emotions, Poetry I Wrote, Goodness, Loss, Believe, My Beliefs
Tagged music, Friendship, Friend, greatness, goodness, song, dreams, loss, gifts, poem, poetry, believe, lyric, Kevin Harris, symphony, cares, grieving
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Those Who Help Me Be
(Source: Megan at I Stop For Suffering) Thank you to all of you who help me be. Your love, support, and friendship, are precious to me. Love, Russ
Posted in Friendship, Love
Tagged being, friends, Friendship, Helping, kindness, Love, precious, support
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Living Life Inside Out
One of the blogs I love to read is Charron’s Chatter http://charronschatter.com If you haven’t seen her blog, I recommend that you check it out. Her posts are witty and fun. Lately, WP stopped allowing me to “Like” her posts, … Continue reading
Vow To A Broken Man
It took two bad lungs And a broken heart To finally tear My world apart Barely alive In intensive care Hoping friends would Visit me there Most were too busy To visit at all To send a card Or bother … Continue reading
Posted in Adversity, Anger, Friendship, Illness, LIfe Lessons, Loss, Observations, Pain & Grief, Poetry I Wrote, Uncategorized
Tagged broken, broken man, false friends, firends, friends, Friendship, Grief, heart ache, heart break, illness, lungs, pain, poem, poetry, promise, vow
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When No One Else Was
(Source: Lessons Learned In Life / Love Quotes Photo) Thank you To all who Were there with love When no one else was –Or would have been Had you known me then. Love, Russ
Posted in Friendship, Gratitude, Love, Photos That Touched Me, Poetry I Wrote
Tagged friends, Friendship, Grief, hard times, Love, photo, photograph, poem, poetry, sadness
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Why Let Your Friends Have All The Fun?
(Source: Forever Awezome) Love, Russ
Posted in Friendship, Fun, Humor
Tagged beach, friends, fun, horse masks, horses, humor, silly, silly photo, stupid, unicorn
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Being There and Showing How Much I Care
In a comment from my last post, a reader asked what I did to become a better friend. I thought some of you might also be interested in my reply (with a bit more information added that I thought of … Continue reading
Posted in Children, Commitment, Friendship, Passion
Tagged Being there, care, Caring, children, Family, friends, Friendship, hormones, lines of communication, teenager, teenagers, teens
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I Changed My View and It Changed Me
There were times many years ago when I thought my friends had abandoned me. I was wrong. I had only thought that they and I were friends. I hadn’t really been much of a friend to them so I shouldn’t … Continue reading
Posted in Abundance, Breakthroughs, Friendship, Introspection, LIfe Lessons, My Beliefs, Observations
Tagged abandoned, change, changed, changed my view, friends, Friendship, it changed me, view
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