“A good friend reminds you of your brilliance.” - Olivia Wilde.“The most I can do for my friend is simply be his friend.” - Henry David Thoreau.“Instead of loving your enemies - treat your friends a little better.” - E.'Words are easy, like the wind faithful friends are hard to find.' - William Shakespeare, 'The Passionate Pilgrim'.“Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing.” - Benjamin Franklin.'Things are never quite as scary when you’ve got a best friend.' - Bill Watterson, 'Calvin and Hobbes'.“A friend is someone who gives you total freedom to be yourself.” - Jim Morrison.“My best friend is the one who brings out the best in me.” - Henry Ford.“Friends are the siblings God never gave us.” - Mencius.“There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship.” - Thomas Aquinas.'Women’s friendships are like a renewable source of power.' - Jane Fonda.“My friends are my estate.” - Emily Dickinson.“Wherever we are, it is our friends that make our world.” - Henry Drummond.“Some people go to priests, others to poetry.They're sure to love it - and, well, you. So, pick a quote that captures your relationship, then write them a letter, send a text or post a tribute on Instagram. And when it got too cold, or I grew too tired, I would whistle for the little mutt to come in.But if you aren't exactly the sentimental type, you can always go with a funny quote instead. At night I would go outside and let the dog do her business. I did it just like my dad, in my pocket, surprising the kids with this little fur ball. I didn't know what I'd learned all those nights until some 20 years later when I had a family of my own, and I brought home our first dog. I recognized the rattle of his keys as he tried to unlock the door while carrying a bag of items my mother had asked him to bring home.Īt the time, it was background noise, but now, those sounds are the soundtrack to thousands of nights lying awake in that bed in that room.

So at night, I could hear my dad pulling in at 11:00 p.m.

I heard my dad every day after workįor the first 18 years of my life, I was in the small bedroom facing the front of my parent's house. It wasn't something they heard with their ears but with their hearts. The birds learn the songs in the nest while cuddling up to their parents and siblings. Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders.

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