healingwords: poetry for the soul

On difficult days, when worries are halved or at the best of times, when joy is multiplied,  I am blessed with my friends. My greatest fear when leaving my home over 30 years ago was losing my friends. Not only have they stayed there for me, as certain as the rising sun, but along the way I have made many more who enrich my life. I am grateful for you all.  © 2020 Jacqueline Knight Cotterill.  All rights reserved.  

 I wrote this poem with love and thanks, in celebration of friendship.  ANAM CARA Blessed I am to have shared my life with others. Friends who crossed my path when most needed. Some to stay for all time, quietly there, in my heart, others dipping in and out as years move our lives together and apart, gone when others’ needs were greater. Blessed I am to have friends who know me better than I know myself. Soul friends, teachers, wise ones, healers, forgiving, giving, sharing their best with me, finding the best in me, uplifting my spirit when darkness surrounds. Blessed I am to share friends ’ lives, the circle expanding as our children grow in harmony. Walking in cool woods, by flowing rivers, discovering new places, laughing round a table of food cooked with love, lying together under the stars. © 2018 Jacqueline Knight Cotterill.  All rights reserved.