Friends !!! We all need them !!!!

Friends , the people who perhaps know us better than our close family does...
Friends who are so important to us, whom we confide in, whom we tell our secrets to, whom we indulge in silly laughter and fun times with, and who we share our deepest fears with..

Friends ....

So why is it that when tragedy or illness hits us like a brick and we then become a different person to whom we once were, why is it that slowly one by one our friends disappear from our lives :( 

Do they fear that they might catch the illness or is it they don't know how to cope with it , or is it too painful to see the people we care about, and shared those happy times with , is it that they can't deal with it, can't understand what is happening 

Illness like that, brings death to relationships, be it couple relationships, or family relationships, or friendships

AND if anyone tells you different then its clear they are lying, because its only human nature to be affected in some way , its only natural to hide away because you don't know how to cope.

But , don't you know that while your friend or partner is struggling to come to terms with their illness the most important thing to them is YOUR friendship; YOUR support ... Normality AS BEST AS NORMALITY CAN BE ... 
The best thing you can do is stay a true friend and not walk away .

We meet people for a reason, and some of the most important people now in my life are my friends who i met since becoming ill, friends who share something in common with each other, friends who want nothing other than to be there for each other through the tears and the smiles. That is what true friendship is about !!!!

We all have our own cross to bear in some way or another and we all need our friends .

 Relationships.

 Isolation .

 Friendship.