Yes friendship, when you really need one, the ones not there, are not. Mine and her "friends" were not there for my wife, when I needed to be away for 10 days in the hospital. It is during times like that, when you know who is friends are and who is not. A good person helped my wife and myself, we did not really know him, he was the guy that re-did our driveway, and he had a snow plow business for the winter. He plowed my driveway while I was gone and after I returned with-out charge. A good person, better than our so called close friends.

The reason people flock to and stay flocked @mammasitta, is because you remind us we are human and keep us grounded in our humanity. This was a very nice post. Thank you.