Friends!

We're celebrating Friendship all month long at Charisma! There are some great dolls coming out this month that celebrate friendship, and we're so happy you have found us on Facebook! Tell your Friends! Become a Facebook FAN of Charisma by August 15th and you'll get a 25% Off coupon code!
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Some of my favorite Friendship quotes.....

"To have a friend, be a friend."

"There are many types of ships. there are wooden ships, plastic ships, and metal ships. But the best and most important types of ships are friendships."

YES! CORNY I know!
But it surely speaks about the nature of our friendships and the many types of friends we have and have had in our lifetime. All sorts of shapes and colors, types of friends and their function or purpose too!

I am reminded of how my Dad really had the qualities in that first quote. (Never realized how much of a friend he really was to me.) I think of how in the last years of his life, how he continued to maintain his friendships and be a friend. It was central to his being, a focus as he gained so much from "hangin out" with his friends. (Truth be told they were mostly all women - popular with the ladies he was :o) Why he would have me schedule his doctor appointments around their regular 3 times a week or so gatherings. What a great example of how important friends are in our lives, no matter if we're 9 or 90!

Attached above is one of my favorite images of him along with a quick drawing of my "Daddio" as I called him, so glad to have this treasure of my great friend, my Dad!

Be Well,
bj