A Good Friend Will…

Let you fall asleep in the middle of a game while snuggling a purring cat, gently wake you a couple of hours later to suggest you go to bed, but when you groggily whisper “I’m happy here”, will leave you to sleep on the sofa but also put a freshly filled hot water bottle in bed for you in case you wake up and move from sofa to bed to continue a much needed sleep.

That was me falling asleep on the sofa last night just after dinner, just after I’d handed over the game controller to my partner for his turn. It was my turn to give the cat scrungles, and she was so soft, so purry, I lay down beside her, curling around her, listening to her purr…

Hours later I heard my partner gently suggest I go to bed, but it was too nice, warm, comfy where I was, surrounded by love…

It’s been a strange year, last week I finally solved that complex puzzle I’ve mentioned here and there in recent posts (thanks to the help and support of some very good friends and a few strangers), I haven’t been sleeping well (and usually I sleep like a bear hibernating), too wired in the membrane (would you like some bacon to go with the fried brain?), and finally there came upon me some decent rest…

“When you’re in jail, a good friend will be trying to bail you out. A best friend will be in the cell next to you saying, ‘Damn, that was fun’.”

― Groucho Marx

SO… (oops didn’t mean to shout, my finger is sometimes slow to get off the CAP-sizer)…

A Momma’s View asked people to Tell Me Something Good #130… and the first thing which popped into my mind after reading her post was another post by another blogger.

This post (mine… shit, I’m confusing myself as always… I can rely on myself to do that) is my telling A Momma’s View something good. Thank you, A Momma, for sharing!

“Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born.”

― Anais Nin

Ann Koplow of The Year(s) of Living Non-Judgmentally shared this post a few days ago: Day 2139: I Can’t/I Can wherein she listed can’s and can’t’s, and one of her ‘can’ was – I can go for some comments about this post.

So, this post (mine… really, we’re going to do this again!?Yes, we had fun the last time didn’t we!) is my comment on Ann’s post because I can comment like this on WordPress. Thank you, Ann, for sharing!

“A true friend is someone who thinks that you are a good egg even though he knows that you are slightly cracked.”

― Bernard Meltzer

While I was rummaging through my ‘Likes’ in the reader to find Ann’s post, I noticed that there were some other posts by other bloggers which also fit the Tell Me Something Good concept…

I thought I’d share links to those too.

A few of these blogs are ones I’ve only recently followed, so it may freak them out that I’m pingbacking their posts. Hopefully they’ll follow the pingback link here and find out that (yes, I am a tad on the freaky side) I mean them no harm and don’t want anything from them (you do not have to follow back… probably better if you don’t), I’m just sharing something good – your posts!

“A good friend will always stab you in the front.”

― Oscar Wilde

Pensitivity101 shared a lovely story about a most heartfelt gift she was given in Sunday Writing Prompt and you’ll see if you read it that she not only received a gift but gave one too, the giving flowed both ways which is the best kind of gift! Thank you, Pensitivity101, for sharing!

“If you have two friends in your lifetime, you’re lucky. If you have one good friend, you’re more than lucky.”

― S.E. Hinton

Rupali of Mazeepuran told a light tale of Diwali in Happy Little Moments! and spoke of how sometimes when you don’t have the time to celebrate, nature does it for you. Thank you, Rupali, for sharing!

“A good friend keeps your secrets for you. A best friend helps you keep your own secrets.”

― Lauren Oliver

The ever poetic soul of Nelkumi of What Does Nelkumi Think? has started to relate A Love Story – beginning in her signature style of subtle soulful whispers. Those who have been following her blog for a while, know how it ends, but… a love story is always forever beginning in the heart. Thank you, Nelkumi, for sharing!

“True regret is knowing you missed your only opportunity to be simply a good friend to someone that was exactly like you.”

― Shannon L. Alder

Mark Bialczak shared with us Another Great Gift From My Dear Wife which celebrated the love of two people for each other, the kind of love which knows each other a Bitty Better every day as they travel together through life. Thank you, Mark, for sharing! Many Happy Returns!

“Don’t walk in front of me… I may not follow
Don’t walk behind me… I may not lead
Walk beside me… just be my friend”

― Albert Camus

Scherezade Ozwulo of The Introverted Christian showed us in The Privacy Vexation how even when you’re an introvert you can be extroverted, shyness overcome with the inspiring fierceness of a mother who respects the privacy of her child. Thank you, Scherezade, for sharing! You handled the situation with great grace!

“A friend is someone who gives you total freedom to be yourself and especially to feel, or not feel. Whatever you happen to be feeling at any moment is fine with them. That’s what real love amounts to – letting a person be what he really is.”

― Jim Morrison

DM of Pointless Overthinking gave us a glimpse into the core of what drives a blogger to create their blog and keep going and going by sharing an early post The “Who Are You? Question – Reblog. Thank you, DM, for sharing!

“It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.”

― Ralph Waldo Emerson

Alice of Alice at Wonderland returned from a trip down a different rabbit hole, after having rediscovered her love for her blog and she wondered if we Remember how I said goodbye, forget that. Thank you, Alice, for sharing! I’d already forgotten, but welcome back! YAY!

“It’s the friends you can call up at 4 a.m. that matter.”

― Marlene Dietrich

Kalliope of Modern Mystic Mother in a different post from the one to which I am sharing a link has apparently decided to ‘tear her blog down’ and start from scratch (Kalliope, you might want to check out Alice’s post…), in that other post she asked Have I shared something valuable? I’m not going to answer because that’s for you to figure out for yourself, however if you’re tearing everything down then I guess that’s your answer. I will say that I truly enjoyed PSA: Grumpy Red Fairy is grumpy and continued enjoying its ripples when I went off on a Google-ship afterwards to discover more about the artist who created the image for the card. Thank you, Kalliope, for sharing!

“I have great faith in fools – self-confidence my friends will call it.”

― Edgar Allan Poe

The mysterious Wide-eyed Wanderer shared a breath-giving photograph in Sunday Serenity Shot … Thank you, Wide-eyed, for sharing!

“What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies.”

― Aristotle

   

And finally…

Drum roll please…

Trumpets…

Melanie of Sparks from a Combustible Mind would love it if you joined in to Share Your World 11-12-18 it’s fun, friendly, and open to all sorts of ways of sharing your world. Melanie puts a lot of energy into it every week to keep it going, to bring the blogging community together for a moment before we all go off and do our own thing like the introverted-hermits talking out loud to ourselves in public most of us are 😉 so please go and say Hi to Melanie and check the SYW out… Thank you, Melanie, for sharing!

“Words are easy, like the wind; Faithful friends are hard to find.”

― William Shakespeare

White Bear King Valemon by Theodor Kittelson

  

That’s it from me… over to you!

I’m intrigued to see what you’ll do…

“Reading brings us unknown friends”

― Honore de Balzac

*Featured image is Sleeping Beauty by Edward Frederick Brewtnall