Friendship

I have a dear Sister that was assigned to me... That's right, she was directed to take me on and love me. It reminds me of my dad's saying when he would joke with us, "You were so goofy looking when you were little; we had to tie a pork chop around your neck so the dog would play with you!" We kids thought that was so funny, and we would laugh and laugh. Anyway, I was such a mess in my twenties and early thirties, spiritually, that no one would have wanted to be tasked with loving me ...

So... It was the summer of 1992. A very "cool" group of people invited me out for lunch one afternoon. I was so surprised and excited to be included, they were the well-to-do, hip young crowd that everyone wanted to hang with. The "life of the party" types.

Until recently, I was broke and had been working two and three jobs to try to get by. For the last few years, I had no time to go out with friends and even if I had, I hadn't been able to afford any "extras." ...