Saturday, October 11, 2014

The Kindness of Being the Ultimate Friend

"There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends.  I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature."
Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey

A very dear friend of mine recently spent the weekend caring for another friend's children.  My friend has children of her own, but her friend needed to go out of town on an important family matter and so my friend stepped in, the way she typically does and did what had to be done.  She juggled her children's weekend activities with the responsibility of watching additional children and made sure everyone not only was taken care of, but also had a good time.  This included having her husband watch the friend's children while she hosted a small party for one of own children and a dozen friends, and then rushing at midnight to the friend's house to spend the night with the other children.  My friend did all this with her characteristic good humor and boundless energy.

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