I like to know & keep in touch with the people on my Tribe Friends List. So while I am honored by all friend invites, I never accept them until I have spent some time talking to someone. I am always happy to meet new people so if you are interested in being my friend send me a PM and we can get to know each other.

If you already know me, there's no need to wait - you probably already know if you want to be tribe "friends" or not - LOL ;)

When I was little,
I used to believe in the concept of one best friend,
and then I started to become a woman.
And then I found out that if you allow your heart to open up,
God would show you the best in many friends.

One friend's best is needed when you're going through
things with your children.
Another friend's best is needed when you're going through things with your mom
Another when you want to shop, share, heal, hurt, joke, or just be.

One friend will say let's pray together,
another let's cry together,
another let's fight together,
another let's walk away together.

One friend will meet your spiritual need,
another your shoe fetish,
another your love for movies,
another will be with you in your season of confusion,
another will be your clarifier,
another the wind beneath your wings.

But whatever their assignment in your life,
on whatever the occasion,
on whatever the day,
or where ever you need them to meet you...
with their gym shoes on and hair pulled back
or to hold you back from making complete fool of yourself ...
those are your friends.

It may all be wrapped up in one woman,
but for many it's wrapped up in several ...
one from 7th grade,
one from high school,
several from the college years,
a couple from old jobs,
several from church,
on some days your mother,
on others your sisters,
and on some days it's the one that you needed
just for that day
or week when you needed someone with a fresh perspective,
or the one who didn't know all your baggage,
or the one who would just listen without judging...
those are good girlfriends/best friends

I thank my girlfriends,
those who honor intimacy,
those who hold trust,
and those who hold me up when
life is just too heavy!

The special bond we share is unique.
Thanks for the words we've shared.
The prayers we've sent up.
The laughs, the tears, the phone calls, the emails,
the shopping, the movies, the lunches, the dinners, the singing, the
talking, talking, talking and the listening, listening, listening....

So whether you've been there 20 minutes or 40 years, I love you!

-and thanks for this, Teri !!! -

The Desidarada

Go placidly amid the noise and haste,
and remember what peace there may be in silence.
As far as possible without surrender,
be on good terms with all persons.

Speak your truth quietly and clearly,
and listen to others, even the dull and ignorant;
They, too, have their story.
Avoid loud and aggressive persons;
They are vexations to the spirit.

If you compare yourself with others,
you may become vain and bitter;
always there will be greater and lesser
persons than yourself.

Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans.
Keep interested in your own career;
However humble, it is a real posession
in the changing fortunes of time.

Exercise caution in your business affairs,
for the world is full of trickery;
but let this not blind you to what virtue there is.
Many persons strive for high ideals
and everywhere life is full of heroism.

Be yourself. Especially do not feign affection;
Niether be cynical about love,
For in the face of all deprivity and disenchantment
it is as perennial as the grass.

Take kindly the counsel of the years,
gracefully surrendering the things of youth.
nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune;
But do not distress yourself with imaginings.
Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness
beyond a wholesome disipline.
Be gentle with yourself.

You are a child of the universe.
No less than the trees and the stars
You have the right to be here.
And whether or not it is clear to you,
No doubt the universe is unfolding
as it should.

Therefore, be at peace with God,
Whatever you concieve him to be;
And whatever your labors and aspirations,
in the noisy confusion of life,
keep peace in your soul.

With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams,
it is still a beautiful world.
Be careful,
and strive to be happy.
-unknown

...thanks to "Tim the Irresistable Irish Beasty" for permission to use his work ...


Sweet friction
Sweet friction has worn our skins away,
And left us nerve to nerve exposed.
You reach for me and I see the panic in your face,
The eyes that say you're falling, and beg me to catch you, hold you,
Never let you go.

You dissolve, disappear, throw yourself away for me,
Cling to me and shudder.
You hide your face but I want to see
Just who you are when we're one