Small Reflections: friendship

Make Time for Small Reflections

Ivanhoe participated in the Me Me Me Meme I recently shared at Happily Retired Gal (you're invited to do so too if you wish) and received yet another beautiful award from a wonderful new friend Windmill of Windmill on the Hill and shared it generously with her Entrecard droppers & bloggy friends.

And lovely are the blossoms

That are tended with great care,

By those who work unselfishly

To make the place more fair.

And, like the garden blossoms,

Friendship’s flower grows more sweet

When watched and tended carefully

By those we know and meet.

And, if the seed of friendship

Is planted deep and true

And watched with understanding,

Friendship’s flower will bloom for you.

The rules for this tag are:
1.) Copy the badge and put it on your blog
2.) Link back who pass you this tag
3.) Spread this tag to at least 7 or more bloggers who you think you are friends with.

Once again I'm breaking the rulez (even as I share them so that YOU may follow if you wish) ... but I'd like to pass it along to all my 'bloggy friends' in the spirit of the Christmas season, so 'snag' a copy to enjoy and share with others as you choose ...(or not). It's totally up to you ;--)

In case you missed them ... check out the Christmas links at the top of the page & in my sidebar and click below for my:
List of 100 things Meme (in the next post)
The Lemonade Award (at Happily Retired Gal)

Small Reflections, Smile Back

Thought for Today
"You can always tell a real friend: when you've made a fool of yourself he doesn't feel you've done a permanent job."
Laurence J. Peter

Friendship

The best of friends,
Can change a frown,
Into a smile,
when you feel down.

The best of friends,
Will understand,
Your little trials,
And lend a hand.

The best of friends,
Will always share,
Your secret dreams,
Because they care.

The best of friends,
Worth more than gold,
Give all the love,
A heart can hold.

by Jill Wolf

Betty (of Betty's This and That) tagged me for this new friendship meme after being tagged by Phyl at Scrappy Happy who started this 'Circle Tag' idea.

Phyllis tagged the following friends saying:
Alana, Betty, Mo, Cricket, Jay, Noel, Brandy, luvmy4sons, Joyce, Sandy, Apron Queen, Chuck, Judi, Jennifer, Tracy, Khris, Ursula, Jenni, Amanda, Chris, Carolyn, Ann, Becky, Regina

"I have lots of girls in my circle and decided that they all needed to know that someone cares about them and appreciate the difference they make in my life. If you are here it may be because I tagged you as one of the girls in my circle! If I didn't tag you , no offense intended. Tag! You're it! Consider yourself tagged."

Betty tagged the following folks:

Linda, Virginia, Phyl, Baba, Sandy, Hope, Diane, Karen H, Lib, BJ

So ... I downloaded the 'code' at Scrappy Happy and notice it has a place to 'insert links' in the script. Because they've NOT done so and since I'm always looking for 'new things to master' I've decided to see if I can make this work ... inserting their names along with the names of the friends I decide to tag ... and see what happens ;--)

Okay ... I've added the names of the gals they tagged and inserted numbers in the link below ... discovering the count is up to 34 ... so I'll start adding names at 35 as I add (and tag) the following 12 friends myself:

1. Joy (The Joy of Six)
2. Sandy (Momisodes)
3. Lucy (Lucy Creates and Diamonds in the Sky)
4. Rhonda (Foster Me Up)
5. Karen (Journey to Authenticity)
6. Yertle (Smile, Play, Dream)
7. Joyce (Mom's Musings)
8. MPJ (A Room of Mama's Own)
9. Ivanhoe (Communique by Ivanhoe)
10. Mo (Gratitude Journal)
11. Eve (Adamswife's)
12. Mary (Writing Nook)
13. If you'd like to be 'tagged' add yourself here before selecting friends of your own to include ;--)

I have lots of girls in my circle and decided that they all needed to know that someone cares about them and appreciate the difference they make in my life. If you are here it may be because I tagged you as one of the girls in my circle! If I didn't tag you , no offense intended. Tag! You're it!

Consider yourself tagged.
1. Alana 2. Betty 3. Mo 4. Cricket 5. Jay 6. Noel 7. Brandy 7. luvmy4sons 9. Joyce 10. Sandy 11. Apron 12. Queen 13. Chuck 14. Judi 15. Jennifer,16. Tracy, Khris,17. Ursula,18. Jenni, 19. Amanda 20. Chris 21. Carolyn 22. Ann 23. Becky 24. Regina, 25. Linda, 26. Virginia, 27. Phyl, 28. Baba, 29. Sandy, 30. Hope 31. Diane 32. Karen H 33. Lib 34. BJ 35. Joy (The Joy of Six) 36. Sandy (Momisodes) 37. Lucy (Lucy Creates and Diamonds in the Sky) 38. Rhonda (Foster Me Up) 39. Karen (Journey to Authenticity) 40. Yertle (Smile, Play, Dream) 41. Joyce (Mom's Musings) 42. MPJ (A Room of Mama's Own) 43. Ivanhoe (Communique by Ivanhoe) 44. Mo (Gratitude Journal) 45. Eve (Adamswife's) 46. Mary (Writing Nook) 47. ***INSERT NAMES AND LINKS OF WHO YOU ARE TAGGING HERE***

Phyl adds the following instructions:
Wanna let your friends know you love them and appreciate the difference they make in your life? Go here to learn how. Feel free to set up your own Mr. Linky at your Girls In My Circle Post. Just be sure to leave your link here so I can come put my link there:)! Let's see just how BIG this circle can get.

And I'm adding the following thought (discovered from Zenaida's Circle Tag post below).
Here is the best part: Make sure to update your list every now and then, by getting the master list here. I’ll be updating the master list every day, or as soon as I see a new blog that’s been added to the list.

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In a similar vein, I found this at Verb this morning after receiving a note from Zenaida that she had some 'bling' to share.

It's called all around the world tag.

Instructions:
1. Place your link after the list. If you have more than 1 blog, feel free to add them all here!
2. After placing your blog’s address(es), tag 5 or more bloggers that are not yet in the list to keep the ball rolling.
3. Here is the best part: Make sure to update your list every now and then, by getting the master list here. I’ll be updating the master list every day, or as soon as I see a new blog that’s been added to the list.

1. Momhood Moments 2. Business Mars 3. Princezz 4. Princess 5. Cecil 6. Ron & Cecil 7. Pinay Mommy Online 8 OnlineBiz and Resources 9 A Simple life 10 - moms…..check nyo 11 Mommy’s Little Corner 12 Random Thoughts 13 Paradigm 14 See Me For What You Will 15 Pamp’s Blog Corner 16 - Pampered 17 - HappyHeart 18 Qtcotzkie and Baby 19 A Sorta Fairytale 20 tragicseven 21 - Listen to the Beat! 22 Just Saying 23 Tipsy Tips 24 Different Angles 25 Delicious Corner 26 I Care 27 Blog Blag Blog 28 Daily List 29 Life’s Journey 30 Welcome to my Crib 31 A Daily Walk With Bill & Gina 32 Me,Myself + 2 33 Fun.Fierce.Fabulous 34 Mike 35 BerryScrappy 36 BloggerHappy 37 - My Planet Purple 38 - Our Journey to Life 39 - Princess Bela 40 - Kaptyurd by Howell 41 - Random Thoughts 42 - My Colorful World 43- Life's Impression 44- My so called life 45- VErb 46-Small Reflections 47- SacredRuminations 48 Your Link Here! ^_^

I'm not tagging anyone but if you want to hop in, you're all welcome ... and I'm passing along the 'bling' she shared to anyone who decides to play along with either and/or both memes. Just be sure to leave a comment and/or link back here as follow-through.

In case you missed them ...
I shared awards last Wednesday too ;--)

Friendship Thoughts for Today

"Every gift from a friend is a wish for your happiness." Richard Bach

"There is no hope of joy except in human relations." Antoine de Sainte-Exupery

"Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art ... It has no survival value; rather is one of those things that give value to survival." C. S. Lewis

"A friend is one who walks in when others walk out." Walter Winchell

"Friendship with oneself is all-important because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world." Eleanor Roosevelt

Click for more Meme Monday participants.

Addendum

Mel has THIS meme today ... so I've decided to add it here just because it seems to 'fit' somehow.

TAGGING RULES

1. Copy all the links below and replace your blog beside the appropriate letter. For example if your blog name starts with the letter “D” then replace the link beside “D” with yours, and put the replaced link at the bottom of the list. Also add the person who tagged you at the bottom of the list.

2. Tag at least 5 people and encourage them to take part of the game - tag blogs only and only those without bad rated material like pornographic, violence, racism etc.

The List:
A acowboyswife.com
B bloggingcents.com
C chatbugkaren.com
D Dance of Motherhood
E everythingandanythingblog.com
F Functional Shmunctional
G GeekMomMashup.com
H hoysater.no
I ipentimento.com
J juliesjournal.com
K kabalyero.com
L Livin’ With Me
M My Happiness Haven
N nicusor.com
O originalmx5.net
P peapodsquadstuff.com
Q qweddings.com
R ringtailsquealer.blogspot.com
S Small Reflections
T TenaciousCreations.com
U utada-online.net
V valmg.com
W wickedbabylon.com
X xaviermedia.com
Y yimto.com
Z zbudapest.com

Mel's Replaced link: Life is Beautiful
Previous tagger: Dance of Motherhood