Shadow Puppet Storyteller

How Friends Persevere

Okay, first, I had to be sure that I was spelling that word correctly. Persevere: to persist in a state, enterprise, or undertaking in spite of counterinfluences, opposition, or discouragement. My long-standing friend, Kath moves out of state in about four days. I can honestly say that I do not recall a time when our friendship was ever met with opposition or discouragement from our families. We were and are the kind of friends that each of our families accepted as part of "their own." That's probably the most natural way that a friendship perseveres.

That part about "counterinfluences" that's probably where the meat of our history could be explored. I didn't want to spend this time "counting the ways" as far as that's concerned.

How to say goodbye? Well, first I have to show up. And I suppose being on time is important (it's an issue at times), but I should be okay. I plan on dropping by in the next day or two, not the eleventh hour of Day Four!