True Value

I have been blogging a lot about friendship and how important it has been and is to me. You never realize the true value of friendship, however, until there is a chance one of your friends may be tragically taken away from you. I got a phone call today that one of my friends (we have known each other about 40 years) had a "heart episode" and was in the hospital being checked out and that put a shock into me. I shed a tear or two because I was stunned that something like this was possible and naive enough to believe it couldn't happen. Luckily everything checked out for him but it served as a reminder of how fragile life really is and that I need to value my close friendships more highly than ever.