NEW FRIENDS by Sally Huss

"New friends are as good as old friends when they are true friends."

 

(Happy Musings is a newspaper feature syndicated by King Features that I create each day to remind us all that “Life is wonderful!”  I offer it here to brighten your day.  Please share it with your friends.)

 

New friends are as good as old friends when they are true friends.  I love friends.  Once a friend, always a friend with me.  I look for new friends wherever I am.  Somehow I got the idea when I was very young that people were just friends in waiting and that most people were hesitant to start the friendship.  But if I started it first, they were very willing to be friendly.  And, of course, of all the people you can be friendly with during a day, there is usually one who could be a friend for more than a day.

 

Just yesterday the loveliest woman stood outside my gallery perusing one of the paintings in the window.  She had beautiful, thick white hair – the kind really healthy people have.  And she wore a periwinkle sweater set which, of course, looked sensational with her hair.  I made a remark about the color of her periwinkle tops and she chatted herself into the gallery.  We spoke of many things – the fact that she lived in Arizona and was a widow and had just been to a family gathering for her birthday.  She wanted gifts for her children who had attended the event.  She picked out a colorful print of the La Jolla Cove.  I personalized one for each.  We continued to chat as I framed the prints -- and I found that we had friends in common, I knew exactly where she lived in Scottsdale, and that she was also a tennis player.   

 

I was short one piece of glass to finish her order, but promised to send it to her.  Off she went, then a moment later I found that piece of glass and caught up with her.  No rush, she said as she was having lunch next door.  When she returned to pick up her piece of art, she brought me lunch.

 

I have a new, true friend.

 

Smiles,

Sally

“Life is wonderful! Don’t forget it.”

 

I would like to add you to my friends’ list.  Please make a comment if you like.  I am trying to connect with as many like-minded people as possible. 

 

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