Family

Written for https://pensitivity101.wordpress.com/2024/07/15/share-your-world-15th-july/

1. Do you have a bestie? (i.e. best friend)

I met my bestie when I was twelve years old. She sat on the railings, and I wanted to be brave and ask her if we could be friends. I am glad I did, because forty-eight years later we are more like sisters. She moved to America when she was fifteen, but we still kept in touch with letters and now WhatsApp. My other person died, from Pancreatic Cancer. I connected with her when we were both seventeen and we just clicked and understood each other.

2. Do you have a lot of friends?

No, but I prefer that.

3. Has a friend ever let you down if the friendship has died?

No, my best friends were always there for me.

4. Are you more likely to confide in a friend rather than family?

It depends on what I am confiding, but I can tell Theresa, my bestie, anything. The same goes for my relatives.

I am grateful to my friends and family. Blessed is a word I would use because I know, if I need support, they are there for me. I would do the same for them, because they taught me love is stronger than being alone.