Thursday, July 2, 2015

Missing A Friend's Extraordinary Kindness

"There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship."
~ Thomas Aquinas

I miss her already.

As I shared recently, one of my dearest friends just moved to the other side of the world.  There is so much about her that I will miss -- her amazing help with my children, her thoughtfulness and generosity, her sense of adventure and how she could get me to do all kinds of things that I normally would not do (camping, anyone?) ...  But most of all, what I will miss is her extraordinary kindness.  No matter how many favors she did for me -- and there were plenty, she never made me feel that any of it was a big deal.  And whenever I worried about being able to handle one more thing, she assured me that I could.  In her inimitable style, she managed to avoid our having a tearful goodbye and she reassured me that technology being what it is, we would be in frequent contact.  I will greatly miss her extraordinary kindness and constant presence in my life.

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