Valentines day is fast approaching .. for some it will be a day of being spoilt and made to feel special. For others it will be a lonely time and just another day.
For all of us the days of competing to see who received the most valentines cards (one from your mum didn’t count!) are probably far behind us and now most of us are grateful to receive just one.
It is a pity we do not have an official “Friendship Day”, it would be wonderful to send a message to the people I spent time with in real life and on-line, as friendship comes in many different guises and for me some of my friends have been around longer than any of my relationships.
I have friends who I would lay down my life for, I have friends I can speak to, who want to listen to me. I have friends I watch over, in my own little (and sometimes misunderstood!) way.
I have friends who make me laugh, friends who make me mad (I do like a good argument!) and friends who understand me and my sometimes very “black and white” way of seeing things.
I have friends who I have never met in real life, who I appreciate so much for the online laughs, comments and for taking an interest in me.
If you are reading this then you probably fall into one of the categories above … so this post is for you.
So .. for this Valentines Friendship Day a huge thanks and virtual McHug from me to you .. whoever you are and wherever you may be.
Your appreciative friend ….
Brae. A gay woman's tale! 
Feb 09, 2011 @ 09:13:03
Thank you for that Brae, it is much appreciated.
I am at the moment staying with my Mother, my Father had a stroke last weekend and i journeyed down to Northamptonshire to help out. I haven’t visited for over fourteen months as my father and i don’t get on and it usually causes tension if i stay. However, it was clear that my mother wasn’t coping and though my eldest daughter lives with them, they are difficult people to get close to (my parents i mean).
Anyway i am here now and my mother has cleaned her already immaculate house every day for about four hours, dinner could be served and eaten off the floor. Apparently according to my daughter she does this all the time, i wish i had been blessed with the cleaning gene but sadly it passed me by :0)
My father is now a frail old man (no disrespect meant) but for the first time in 40 odd years i no longer feel afraid of him infact for the first time in twenty years i actually gave him a kiss on the top of his head when i left the hospital. Sadly i am only allowed to do this as he has not the slightest clue who i am and actually thought i was a nurse and told my mther that a nurse had kissed him, so i doubt our relationship will ever change,
Here i am offloading to a friend that i have never met and only a couple of times spoken to online but oh how i love to read your blogs, they lift my spirits when they need lifting the most. It is good to be able to relate ones own life to that of another human being and know that your not alone in this world.
My youngest daughter flew the nest yesterday and i wasn;t there to see her off because i was here being a daughter rather than a mother and how my heart aches. I probably won’t see her again for six months, how i will miss her, we were blessed with friendship as well as an excellent mother -daughter relationship.
Oh well Brae, i had better go and sort my mother out before she starts polishing something that really doesn’t need it.
Bright Blessings to you and a happy friendship day.