FrieNdshiP is FOREVER!

(A)ccepts you as you are
(B)elieves in "you"
(C)alls you just to say "HI"
(D)oesn't give up on you
(E)nvisions the whole of you
(even the unfinished parts)
(F)orgives your mistakes
(G)ives unconditionally
(H)elps you
(I)nvites you over
(J)ust to "be" with you
(K)eeps you close at heart
(L)oves you for who you are
(M)akes a difference in your life
(N)ever Judges
(O)ffers support
(P)icks you up
(Q)uiets your fears
(R)aises your spirits
(S)ays nice things about you
(T)ells you the truth when you need to hear it
(U)nderstands you
(V)alues you
(W)alks beside you
(X)plains thing you don't understand
(Y)ells when you won't listen and
(Z)aps you back to reality

I got your back
You got mine,
I'll help you out
Anytime.
To see you hurt
To see you cry,
Makes me weep
And wanna die.
And if you agree
To never fight,
It wouldn't matter
Who's wrong or right.
If a broken heart
Needs a mend,
I'll be right there
To the end.
If your cheeks are wet
From drops of tears,
Don't you worry,
Let go of your fears.
Hand in hand
Love is sent,
We'll be friends
Till the end.

**To all my Girls**

You were born a daughter.
You looked up to your mother.
You looked up to your father.
You looked up to everyone.
You wanted to be a princess.
You wanted to own a horse.
You wanted your brother to be a horse.
You wanted to wear pink.
You never wanted to wear pink.
You wanted to be a teacher.
You wanted to be president.
You were picked last for the team.
You were the best one on the team.
You refused to be on the team.
You wanted to do well in algebra.
You hid during algebra.
You wanted boys to notice you.
You were afraid boys would notice you.
You started to get acne.
You started to get breasts.
You started to get acne that was bigger than your breasts.
You wouldn't wear a bra.
You couldn't wait to wear a bra.
You couldn't fit your breasts in a bra.
You didn't like the way you looked.
You didn't like the way your parents looked.
You didn't want to grow up.
You had your first best friend.
You had your first date.
You spent hours on the telephone.
You got kissed.
You got to kiss back.
You spent hours on the telephone.
You didn't go to the prom.
You went to the prom with the wrong person.
You spent hours on the telephone.
You thought you fell in love.
You thought you fell in love.
You thought you fell in love.
You lost your first best friend.
You got a new best friend.
You really fell in love.
You became a steady girlfriend.
You became significant to somebody.
You became significant to yourself.
Sooner or later, you start to take yourself seriously.
You know when you need a break.
You know when you need a rest.
You know what to get worked up about and what to get rid of.
You know when it's time to take care of yourself, and for yourself to do
something that makes you stronger, faster, more confident.
You know it's never too late to live life and never too late to change.
"Friends are angels who lift us to our feet when our wings have trouble."
"Truly great friends are hard to find, difficult to leave, and impossible to forget."

**Because I love you!**

Somewhere b e t w e e n the procrastination....
and the homework.....
and the incessant forwards...
and the friendships....
and the calls to each other complaining about crushes!!...
Somewhere b e t w e e n the phone calls to old friends...
And the "I miss you's" & the "I love you's"...
And the "What are we doing tonight's?"...
And somewhere b e t w e e n all of the changing, gRoWiNg...
Somewhere b e t w e e n the classes...
And the skipping classes...
And the studying for tests...
And the pretending to study for tests...
And the downright NOT studying for tests.......
I forgot what school is all about. I forgot what it meant to cry...
I forgot that pretending to be happy doesn't make you happy...
And that pretending to be smart doesn't make you smart...
I forgot that you can't just forget the past in fear of the future.. I forgot
that you can't control falling in Love ...
And that you can't make yourself Fall in LOve...
I learned that I can love...
I learned that it's okay to mess up...
And it's okay to ask for help!!...
And it's okay to feel like cRuD...
I learned it's okay to complain and whine to all your friends for a whole day...
I learned that sometimes the things you want most you just can't have....
I learned that the greatest thing about school isn't the parties or the DRiNKiNG
or the hook-ups...
It's the friendships, which means taking chances...
I learned that sometimes the things we want to forget are the things which we
most need to talk about ...
I learned that letters from friends are the most important things.... And that
sending cards to your friends makes you feel better...
But, basically, I just learned that my friends...
Both o l d and new...
Are the most important people to me in the world!!...
And without them, I wouldn't be who I am today...
So this is a thank you to all of my friends. . .
For always being there and I LOVE YOU!

If I could catch a rainbow
I would do it
Just for you
And share with you
Its beauty
On the days
You're feeling blue
If I could build a mountain
You could call
Your very own
A place to find serenity
A place to be alone
If I could
Take your troubles
I would toss them
In the sea
But all these things
I'm finding
Are impossible for me
I cannot build a mountain
Or catch a rainbow fair
But let me be what I know best
A friend that's always there

The ones we do never fuss
They never stop in and we wonder why
We stress, we bitch, we sometimes cry.
"Guys are assholes!" we always say.
Yet their stupid games we always play.
One day this, one day that.
So we turn to food which makes us fat
Then they complain we're putting on weight
Defining to us why we never date.
They're the reason, those stupid fucks,
Making us believe that college life sucks.
SCREW THEM ALL, LET'S GRAB A BEER!
We've got our friends, they're all here.
Cheers to the girls, fuck the guys.
We're sick of their shit and stupid ass lies.
We don't need them, no not us.
Good for a scam but never to trust.
So here's what to do:
Together we stand.
We'll party it up with beers in each hand.
Alone in our beds of course it might end,
But we don't get dumped and we still have our
FRIENDS!!!

**My Oath To You**

When you are sad.........I will dry your tears.
When you are scared..........I will comfort your fears.
When you are worried.........I will give you hope.
When you are confused........I will help you cope.
And when you are lost........And can't see the light.
I shall be your beacon........Shining ever so bright.
This is my oath...............I pledge till the end.
Why you may ask?..............Because you're my friend.

You're there to talk,
With happiness,
With smiles,
With pain and tears,
I know you'll be there, throughout the years!

Just Know that I Love Ya....... Suppose one morning you never wake up, do all your friends know you love them? I was thinking...I could die today, tomorrow or next week and I wondered if I had any wounds needing to be healed, friendships that need rekindling or three words needing to be said. Sometimes, "I love you" can heal & bless. Let everyone of your friends know you love them. Even if you think they don't love you back, you would be amazed at what those three little words and a smile can do. Just in case I die tomorrow.... I LOVE YA!!! :o)

If you should die
before me, ask if you
could bring a friend.

-- Stone Temple Pilots

If you live to be a hundred,
I want to live to be
a hundred minus one day,
so I never have to live
without you.

-- Winnie the Pooh

True friendship is
like sound health;
the value of it is
seldom known
until it is lost.

-- Charles Caleb Colton

A real friend
is one who walks in
when the rest
of the world walks out.

Don't walk in front of me,
I may not follow.
Don't walk behind me,
I may not lead.
Walk beside me and
be my friend.

-- Albert Camus

I'll lean on you and
you lean on me and
we'll be okay

-- Dave Matthews

If all my friends were
to jump off a bridge,
I wouldn't jump with them,
I'd be at the bottom to
catch them.

Everyone hears
what you say.
Friends listen to
what you say.
Best friends
listen to what you don't
say.

My father always used
to say that when you die,
if you've got five real friends,
then you've had a great life.;

-- Lee Iacocca

Hold a true friend with both your hands.

-- Nigerian Proverb

A friend is someone who knows
the song in your heart
and can sing it back to you
when you have forgotten
the words.;

-- Unknown

1. At least 5 people in this world love you so much they would die for you.
2. At least 15 people in this world love you, in some way.
3. The only reason anyone would ever hate you, is because they want to be just like you.
4. A smile from you can bring happiness to anyone, even if they don't like you.
5. Every night, SOMEONE thinks about you before they go to sleep.
6. You mean the world to someone.
7. Without you, someone may not be living.
8. You are special and unique, in your own way.
9. Someone that you don't know even exists, loves you.
10. When you make the biggest mistake ever, something good comes from it.
11. When you think the world has turned it's back on you, take a look, you most likely turned your back on the world.
12. When you think you have no chance at getting what you want, you probably won't get it, but if you believe in yourself, you probably sooner or later will get it.
13. Always remember complements you received, forget about the rude remarks.
14. Always tell someone how you feel about them, you will feel much better when they know.
15. If you have a great friend, take the time to let them know that they're great.

I have a list of folks I know...
all written in a book,
And every now and then..
I go and take a look.
That is when I realize
these names ... they are a part,
not of the book they're written in...
but taken from the heart.
For each Name stands for someone...
who has crossed my path sometime,
and in that meeting they have become...
the reason and the rhyme.
Although it sounds fantastic...
for me to make this claim,
I really am composed...
of each remembered name.
Although you're not aware...
of any special link,
just knowing you, has shaped my life...
more than you could think.
So please don't think my greeting...
as just a mere routine,
your name was not...
forgotten in between.
For when I send a greeting...
that is addressed to you,
it is because you're on the list...
of folks I'm indebted to.
So whether I have known you...
for many days or few,
in some ways you have a part...
in shaping things I do.
I am but a total...
of many folks I've met,
you are a friend I would prefer...
never to forget.

Thank you for being my friend!

Friend...

When you are sad I will get you drunk and help you plot revenge against the sorry bastard who made you sad.

When you are blue I'll try to dislodge whatever is choking you.

When you smile I'll know you finally got laid.

When you are scared I will rag you about it every chance I get.

When you are worried I will tell you horrible stories about how much worse it could be and to quit whining.

When you are confused I will use little words to explain it to your dumb ass.

When you are sick stay away from me until you're well again. I don't want whatever you have.

When you fall I will point and laugh at your clumsy ass.

This is my oath I pledge 'till the end. Why you may ask?

Because you're my friend!

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 they said 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 the person 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!

May today there be peace within you. May you trust God that you are exactly where you are meant to be.
"I believe that friends are quiet angels who lift us to our feet when our wings have trouble remembering how to fly."

You might be best friends one year...
pretty good friends the next year...
don't talk that often the next year...
and don't want to talk at all the year after that...
so, I just wanted to say,
even if I never talk to you again in my life,
you are special to me and you have made a difference in my life,
I look up to you, respect you, and truly cherish you.

A poem for us....
I shave my legs,
I sit down to pee.
And I can justify
any shopping spree.

Don't go to a barber,
but a beauty salon.
I can get a massage
without a hard-on.

I can balance the checkbook,
I can pump my own gas.
Can talk to my friends,
about the size of my ass.

My beauty's a masterpiece,
and yes, it takes long.
At least I can admit,
to others when I'm wrong.

I don't drive in circles,
at any cost.
And I don't have a problem,
admitting I'm lost.

I never forget,
an important date.
You just gotta deal with it,
I'm usually late.

I don't watch movies,
with lots of gore.
Don't need instant replay,
to remember the score.

I won't lose my hair,
I don't get jock itch.
And just cause I'm assertive,
Don't call me a bitch.

Don't say to your friends,
Oh yeah, I can get her.
In your dreams, my dear,
I can do better!

Flowers are okay,
But jewelry's best.
Look at me you idiot...
Not at my chest????

I don't have a problem,
With Expressing my feelings.
I know when you're lying,
You look at the ceiling.

DON'T call me a GIRL ,
a BABE or a CHICK .

I am a WOMAN.

Get it?, you DICK!?!

7 Always read stuff that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it.

7 Eat a live toad in the morning and nothing worse will happen to you for the rest of the day.

7 If you lend someone $20, and never see that person again, it was probably worth it.

7 It may be that your sole purpose in life is simply to serve as a warning to others.

7 Never put both feet in your mouth at the same time, because then you don't have a leg to stand on.

7 Be nice to the nerds and geeks in high school -- you'll be working for them in the future.

7 Ever notice that the people who are late are often much jollier than the people who have to wait for them?

7 You may be only one person in the world, but you may also be the world to one person.

7 We could learn a lot from crayons: some are sharp, some are pretty, some are dull, some have weird names, and all are different colors ... but they all have to learn to live in the same box.

7 Have an awesome day, and know that someone has thought about you today... And it was me...

If tomorrow, I should never wake up, I wanted to say I'm sorry. I'm sorry for what I've done, and what I haven't done. I could have done more, I should have done more. If I harmed you, yelled at you, ignored you, or didn't care... I'm sorry. If tomorrow, I should never wake up, I wanted to say Thank you. If me and you were the best of friends, thank you for always being there. If me and you only talked once and a while, and didn't go to the same parties, and were.... not good friends: thank you for humbling me. You are not perfect, but I am not either, but thank you for having a part in my life. If tomorrow, I should never wake up, I wanted to say everything I never had time to.

**IF I KNEW**

If I knew it would be the last time
That I'd see you fall asleep,
I would tuck you in more tightly
and pray the Lord, your soul to keep.
If I knew it would be the last time
that I see you walk out the door,
I would give you a hug and kiss
and call you back for one more.
If I knew it would be the last time
I'd hear your voice lifted up in praise,
I would video tape each action and word,
so I could play them back day after day.
If I knew it would be the last time,
I could spare an extra minute
to stop and say "I love you,"
instead of assuming you would KNOW I do.
If I knew it would be the last time
I would be there to share your day,
Well I'm sure you'll have so many more,
so I can let just this one slip away.
For surely there's always tomorrow
to make up for an oversight,
and we always get a second chance
to make everything just right.
There will always be another day
to say "I love you,"
And certainly there's another chance
to say our "Anything I can do?"
But just in case I might be wrong,
and today is all I get,
I'd like to say how much I love you
and I hope we never forget.
Tomorrow is not promised to anyone,
young or old alike,
And today may be the last chance
you get to hold your loved one tight.
So if you're waiting for tomorrow,
why not do it today?
For if tomorrow never comes,
you'll surely regret the day,
That you didn't take that extra time
for a smile, a hug, or a kiss
and you were too busy to grant someone,
what turned out to be their one last wish.
So hold your loved ones close today,
and whisper in their ear,
Tell them how much you love them
and that you'll always hold them dear
Take time to say "I'm sorry,"
"Please forgive me," "Thank you," or "It's okay."
And if tomorrow never comes,
you'll have no regrets about today.

My best friend Thanks for being a friend I could always count on. Thanks for leaning your shoulder out for me to cry on. Thanks for making me laugh when I was wearing a frown. Thanks for always being there when I was down. I have never had a friend that I loved as much as you. Don’t look at me as crazy, I am telling the truth. At times I thought my world was coming to an end, You were there for me- time and time again. You know me better than anyone. You know you’ve been there when I had no one else. I hope my friendship is just as good as yours. I hope you know if you need me- I am here with open doors. There were things I could not have survived if you had not been here for me. There are things that only you could see. So, once again I am thanking you for all you’ve done for me. Thanks for being here when I needed you to be. If ever you need a friend you will have one here. I mean it, I am being sincere.

**What would you do?**

--What would you do if every time you fell in love with someone you had to say good-bye?

--What would you do if every time you wanted someone they would never be there?

--What would you do if for every moment you were truly happy there would be 10 moments of sadness?

--What would you do if your best friend died tomorrow and you never got to tell them how you felt?

--What would you do if you loved someone more than anything else and you could never have them?

--Some people love and some people die.

--But I want to tell you I love you and you are a true friend...

--That I will always be here for you when and if you need me...

--If I died tomorrow, you would be in my heart forever.

--Would I be in yours?

--You might be best friends one year, pretty good friends the next year, don't talk that often the next year, and don't want to talk at all the year after that.

--So, I just wanted to say, even if I never talk to you again in my life, you are special to me and you have made a difference in my life.

--I look up to you, respect you, and truly cherish you.

--Send this to all your friends, no matter how often you talk, or how close you are, and send it to the person who sent it to you.

--Let old iends know you haven't forgotten them, and tell new friends you never will.
--Remember, everyone needs a friend, someday you might feel like you have NO FRIENDS at all, just remember this e-mail and take comfort in knowing somebody out there cares about ou and always will.

LOVE YOU ALWAYZ & FOREVER!!!