Drinking Alcohol taught me how to fly
Then it took away the sky....

Tuesday, August 19, 2014

FRIENDS


 Don D and Steve E with 
first Motor Scooter 1949
Photo by Norma (Mother!)

God sends me friends,
unseparated Parts of Himself
to share, to care,
(and I was told)
to be aware.

Human nuggets, pure gold,
not for shelf-keeping,
dusting, burnishing
now, then, and when...
Precious souls!

Friends, God's bestowal,
carefully held in my heart
cherished, loved,
more, more, and more.

...as slowly older I grow


--steveroni
August 2014


17 comments:

  1. Friends are precious! you have some genuine truths here!

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  2. I shared your tribute to friendship on twitter. Human nuggets, pure gold. Yes, friends are.

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  3. smiles...it is beautiful when we have those friends...they are gifts...
    little parts of god...i like how you put that...
    they add such depth to our lives.

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  4. Oh ... how nostalgic, Steve ...... a lovely poem about relations to go with it .... I too long for such precious friends .... they're indeed one treasure to cherish till the end ... Smiles!

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  5. Friends surely are the gifts of God ... brilliantly depicted.

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  6. What a great psot and a true testament to the spirit of friendship Steve.

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  7. Friends. 'Family' we choose instead of given...

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  8. Friends they really are a treasure and bring so much into our lives.

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  9. Friends become more precious when we get older ~ Good to read you Steve ~ Take care ~

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  10. Dear Steve E, You are indeed a faithful friend yourself. All your AA work is about how human relations can help and support those who thought themselves lost. you know more about this than I do, but I had an uncle working his heart and flesh out for his boys. One of the men I love the most. And you were there to pick me up after being lost for the blogworld for more than a year. Bloggers are true friends, I've kept in contact with about a dozen on my involuntaily retreat. I don't know if I'm back for a long time, but it sure was good to be hearing from you.

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    1. How can I NOT reply to you, Fel. So sweet words!
      Undeserved...but THANK YOU!
      Most posting soon--for both of us! Hmmmm?

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  11. Friends ... they keep me here in order to look out for them and vice versa ...

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  12. Thank you for sharing your life with us.

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  13. I am back at your site to remind myself how good it is to change always for the better. Love and smiles :-) my dearest.
    <3

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  14. Steve that Don Dolan on your Salisbery.
    Larry V

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  15. So true about holding those friends in our memories. That's what keeps them alive for me.

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