Make My Way One Day At A Time: June 2009

Thursday, June 11, 2009

Those Larsen Girls!

She did it, all by herself. I am so proud of Kimberlee, the graduation was short and sweet, but one that will be remembered by me forever. The BBQ went great, we played the slide shows of the girls Kim and Ray it was super. Good food,ice cream, cake and the folks who took the time to share it with us, thank you so much.We are so sad when we send them off to kindergarten, we are once again emotionally hit when they are heading out on their own. I hope that Kimberlee makes the best of what she has before her, I know she has grown up to be a wonderful young lady and we love her very much. Kimberlee will start college in the fall in the dental program.

Kendall hit the blue skies with Rachel and her family heading for the Country Music Festival in Nashville Tennessee. She ad a great flight and has the perfect hotel room there is a mall in the resort. She ran into Charlie Pride but didn't know who he was, that too bad. I told her to go find him and get his autograph for me, she said send a picture to me I forgot what he looks like. She off and running with the autograph thing they were with Carrie Underwood today. They have tons of things to do while they are there. Grace Land, Dolly World evening concerts every night, shopping, what more could a girl want. She will return home Monday with lots of goodies I'm sure.

Charlee is hanging home getting ready for the school year to end. Hopeful she will be ready for High School a big change, everything counts from here on out.

1924: The Ethics of Friendship

1924: The Ethics of Friendship
It is not enough to make friends; you must know how to keep them. When you make a new friend whose friendship you value and wish to keep, learn his idiosyncracies and respect them. Learn his little peculiarities of manner and bear with him. Force yourself to be conscious always of the fact that while he has faults of which you are aware, you have faults of which he is aware. The ideal friend overlooks these little things and looks only for the big.
Doubt and suspicion are fatal to friendship. A friend worth having is a friend worth trusting. In time of doubt there should be a frank explanation. A true friend will not listen to criticism from others regarding his friend; will never gossip about him; will protect him from slander; will refuse to hear or believe evil of him.
There should be absolute sincerity in friendship. If your friend has done something or said something of which you disapprove, go to him and talk to him about the matter. You are false to your friendship if you talk to others about it.
If you want to correct a friend for some mistake he has made, do so with all the grace and tact you would use in correcting a stranger. No one resents being corrected. It is the manner of the person who makes the correction that is usually resented. Your friend is certainly entitled to as much consideration as you show your acquaintances.
Too many of us feel that we can take liberties with our friends that we would not dare to take with strangers. Handle your friend's book as carefully as you would the book of a new acquaintance, more carefully than you would handle your own. Do not feel that because it is with your friend that you have an engagement that you can be half an hour late. Real friendship is founded on courtesy, kindness, and understanding.