This post -- albeit on a Thursday -- is dedicated to my friend Jenny. We've been friends for a long time...a REALLY long time...fine, I'll tell you: 29 years.
And, since I'm only 21 (wink, wink) that's really saying something. :-)
I couldn't resist paying an homage to my buddy, and her "What I love Wednesday" post, and when I saw this:
...that sealed it -- this post was 'in the bag'.
Jenny is a wonderfully kind person and a very devoted and consistent friend. I'm certain I'm not the only one who knows this...or even who has said this.
As to *what* it was on this page that made me decide I had to copy it to the actual blog...well, first of all, Jen (that's what I call her -- pretty much always have) commented on my 'less than cheerful' post in her characteristic sweet and open way. Thank you, Jen, for not running away from the 'heavy' stuff that I fling out there sometimes. Second, I couldn't bring myself to navigate away from the comment page without copying it (when I clicked to read) when I saw that the 'random' letters that are generated to decrease automated postings to blogs (and stuff) not only spelled out real words, but those words -- Red Boat!
I'm not gonna spell out why, exactly, that's so funny...but it's pretty similar to a certain nickname Jen had many, many years ago. I didn't give it to her. I don't actually know (or I can't remember) who did, but when she told it to me, I laughed myself stupid. I still giggle about it all these years later. I think it might have been someone from the amusement park we both worked at in our late teens/early twenties...or had some kind of connection to it...Jen?
Anyway, I still have a lot of the cards and letters Jenny has written to me over the years. They are among the few (from non-family members) that I can't bring my sentimental self to let go of. *sigh* In one of them, she wrote this little verse:
Make new friends but keep the old,
One is silver and the other is gold.
I don't know who said that, but I couldn't have said it better myself.
I love yer guts, Red! You are gold!
2 comments:
Oh My Heck -
You are WAAAAYYYYY too nice! But, I am so glad to have you as a friend, gold gold gold.
And how appropriate to now share my new favorite quote from a book, "and her humble vanity was contented." (Northenger Abbey - Jane Austen)
And, if you win the storytelling kit then you have to do another nice post all about me - deal??? ;)
DEAL!
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