A clothesline was a news forecast 
To neighbors passing by.
 There were no secrets you could keep
 When clothes were hung to dry.

 It also was a friendly link
 For neighbors always knew
 If company had stopped on by
 To spend a night or two.

 For then you'd see the fancy sheets
 and towels on the line;
 You'd see the comp'ny tableclothes
 With intricate design.

 The line announced a baby's birth
 To folks who lived inside
 As brand new infant clothes were hung
 So carefully with pride.

 The ages of the children could
 So readily be known
 By watching how the sizes changed
 You'd know how much they'd grown.

 It also told when illness struck,
 As extra sheets were hung;
 Then nightclothes, and a bathrobe, too,
 Haphazardly were strung.

 It said, "Gone on vacation now"
 When lines hung limp and bare.
 It told, "We're back!" when full lines sagged
 With not an inch to spare.

 New folks in town were scorned upon
 If wash was dingy gray,
 As neighbors raised their brows, and looked
 Disgustedly away.

 But clotheslines now are of the past
 For dryeres make work less.
 Now what goes on inside a home
 Is anybody's guess

 I really miss that way of life.
 It was a friendly sign
 When neighbors knew each other best
 By what hung on the line!

AUTHOR UNKNOWN

In a friendship we're free to expose
    Parts of ourselves nobody else knows,
                                   But the thing that sustains it, and sets it apart,
                                 Is not something spoken, it's a bond of the heart.
                                  True friends are rare, in a lifetime two or three
                                  I'm so glad it happened between you and me!
 
 

A friend is someone we turn to
When our spirits need a lift,
   A friend is someone we treasure
For our friendship is a gift
      A friend is someone who fills our lives
With beauty, joy and grace
 And make the world we live in
A better and happier place.
 

God must have know there would be times we'd need a word of cheer,
                    Someone to praise a triumph or brush away a tear.
                    He must have known we'd need to share the joy of "little things"
                    In order to appreciate the happiness life brings.
                    I think He knew our troubled hearts would sometimes throb with pain,
                    At trials and misfortunes, or goals we can't attain.
                    He knew we'd need the comfort of an understanding heart
                    To give us strength and courage to make a fresh, new start.
                    He knew we'd need companionship, unselfish....lasting....true,
                    And so God answered the heart's great need with Cherished Friends....like
                    you!!
 
 

                                                ~author unknown~

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*Freindship/Friend
*A friend hugs my heart
*Gallery of friends (mat each one like a painting)
*A friend is a rare book where only one copy was made
*A friend...... You can lean on em!
*A friend like you is a special hug from God.
*My friends
*Friend to Friend, Heart to Heart
*Friends love all the time
*Sister and friend two words that mean the same
*Rain or shine, You'll always be a friend of mine!
*Friends gather like flowers
*Friends are like puppies, everyone's gotta have one..
*If friends were flowers..... I'd pick you!
*Real friends listen to there heart
*Special friends bring special memories
*Happiness is being married to your best friend
*I've had many friends which whom I've shared my time, But very few with whom I've shared my heart~

To have a friend, be a friend

A helping hand shows a loving heart

If you see someone without a smile, give them one of yours

Good friends are angels on earth

When I count my blessings I could you twice

Count your age by friends - not years Count your life by smiles - not tears

A friend is both a treasure and a comfort

There is no gift so precious as a true friend

A good friend is like a wonderful book The inside is even better than the
cover! When you're too busy for friends .. you're TOO busy!

Friends fill your life with joy, your soul with sunshine And your heart with
love

A good book is like an old friend

Many joys may come and go but friendship is forever!

Friends are a gift that heaven sends

Happy is the house that shelters a friend

A friend is a person who goes around saying nice things about you behind your
back

Friendship is like a bank account you can't continue to draw on it without
making deposits!

Friends are the best collectibles!

Friends share the joy and divide the sorrow!

Friendship, like old quilts, stand the test of time!

The journey to a friends house is never long. Happy is the heart that holds a
friend

What brings joy to the heart is not so much the friend's gift, but the
friend's love

A companion loves some agreeable qualities which a man may possess, A friend
lives the man himself

A friend is someone who knows all about you but likes you anyway

Friends are flowers in the garden of life.

In this world of ordinary people - I'm glad that I've got you! If you want a
friend - be a friend!

A Friendship grows when you plant a seed

Love is a friendship set to music

A good friend is like a warm quilt wrapped around the heart

Special friends become our chosen family Good friends know how to be
invisible

To be a friend it helps to bend

Give and take are the twin pillars of friendship Friendship requires
compromise without feeling compromised

The harmony between friends is sweeter than any choir

Friends give their best and the best comes back to them

Sometimes a library of words can't say what a hug from a friend can The touch
of a good friend can be healing

There's enough warmth in a friends hug to warm up the coldest day

Of all the gems on this earth friends are the most precious !

Friends are the flowers in the garden of life

Friends forever right from the start - caring and sharing from the heart !

A friend is someone who knows our faults, yet find our virtues too

Friends are the chocolate chips in the cookie of life

Life is a patchwork of friends

Time may pass and we may part - but true friends stay close at heart!

Old friends are the best antiques

New friends are silver but old are gold!

Friendship Keeps Our Hearts in Touch

Friendship is a gift with strings attached...Heartstrings!

Friends listen with the heart

Friends are forever.

The better part of one's life consists of his friendships. (Abraham Lincoln)

A friend is like a bowl of Jelly Beans...Good to the bottom of the bowl

 Friends are our chosen family

You and me...buds forever!

Your friendship lifts my heart!

I've had many friends with whom I've shared my time, but very few with whom
I've shared my heart....

Thoughts of you always make me smile

A heart for an old friend...a hand for the new.

Friends see heart to heart.

You're one in a million

When friends meet, hearts warm.

When I Count My Blessings, I Count You

Friendship warms the heart.

Tis better by far at the rainbows end to find not gold but the heart of a
friend.

A friend is someone who reaches for your hand and touches your heart.

Letters are a visit when friends are apart

Sew glad we're friends!

Friendship is the thread that ties all hearts together.

Love is a friendship set to music (Mrs. G's micro music notes & micro hearts)

Good friends are angels on earth (angels)

Of all the gems on this earth friends are the most precious! (gems, diamond
shapes)

Life is a patchwork of friends (quilts, patchwork)

Friendship Keeps Our Hearts in Touch

If friends were flowers, I'd pick you

Make new friends but keep the old. One is silver and the other is gold.

Some people come into our lives and quickly go. Some stay for awhile leaving
footprints on our hearts...and we are forever changed.

We give thanks for friends like ewe

Thanks is the heart (picture of heart) who has a true friend

Friends listen with the heart

The harmony between friends is sweeter than any choir (music notes)

Blessings come in many ways . . . the nicest come as friends

Real friends are those who, when you make a fool of yourself, don't think
you've done a permanent job

As sunshine turns a flowers head toward heaven, so your friendship lifts my
spirit.

Even though we're far apart. You're always in my heart.

A FRIEND...

Accepts you as you are
Believes in "you"
Calls you just to say "hi"
Doesn't give up on you
Envisions the whole of you (even the unfinished parts)
Forgives your mistakes
Gives unconditionally
Helps you
Invites you over
Just "be" with you
Keeps you close at heart
Loves you for who you are
Makes a difference in your life
Never judges you
Offers support
Picks you up
Quiets your fears
Raises your spirits
Says nice things about you
Tells you the truth when you need to hear it
Understands you
Values you
Walks beside youX-plains things you do not understand
Yells when you won't listen
Zaps you back to reality

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

I've had many friends which whom I've shared my time, but very few with whom I've shared my heart.
 

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