sometimes it's important to go to the good old dictionary and refresh your memory on what certain words mean...
"friend"
this word sometimes baffles me, confuses me, saddens me, makes me laugh, and is very special to me, but i feel that we sometimes take friends/friendship for granted...
Noun...
"a person attached to another by feelings of affection or personal regard.
a person who gives assistance; patron; supporter.
a person who is on good terms with another; a person who is not hostile."
Idiom...
"make friends with, to enter into friendly relations with; become a friend to."
cherish those in your world...if you don't, they might disappear...
blessings...