Thankful For Friends Poem by Jim Yerman

This is a week to give thanks…to look around us…to explore
and to think about all we we have in life…that we are thankful for

Yesterday I was thankful for our house…and all the years it's seen us through
Today I'm thankful for all the friends I have…every friend I ever knew.

I'm thankful for my old friends…for old friends carry this truth…
they help me mark the passage of time…while reminding me of my youth.

With old friends we share memories of good times we thought would never end…
for nothing sweetens up a memory…like the laughter of old friends..

I am thankful for my present friends…who always find a way…
no mater what the circumstances…to brighten up my day.

Friends who only offer friendship…knowing at times the journey will be rough…
who know by the smiles they awaken…their friendship is enough.

I'm thankful to have lived a life…where different friends have visited me…
friends I know that I can count on…
and friends who know they can count on me.

And while I'm being thankful for old and present friends…
no friend recognition would be complete…
without adding thanks for all my new friends
those friends I've yet to meet.