At the risk of sounding pretentious and phony (as usual), I'd like to take a moment and consider the importance of friends.  When I am near them, or can talk to them, they inspire me and give me strength.  I love them and feel loved in return.  They provide me with new insights to life, enable me to explore different facets of existence.  When they are away, they give me thyat twinkle of hope, the ray of sun on an overcast day.   I remember, sometimes suddenly enough to make me catch my breath, that these people exist, and that they mean so much to me and I to them.  Sometimes it makes me want to cry.  Or laugh.  Every perons on this list, without exception, has enriched my life, and I only hope they can and will say the same of me.  Some I see all the time, some . . . not quite as often.  But all have taken up permanent residence in the depths of my soul.  Friends, I carry you with me.   By the way, so as not to offend anyone, the following list is in completely random order.
 
 

And, of course, I'm far from perfect.  If I'm missing some names here, my most heartfelt apologies.  Let me know by e-mail and I'll add you back in.


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