Love and friendship

"Your friends will know you better in the first minute you meet

 than your acquaintances will know you in a thousand years."

"Our soulmate is the one who makes life come to life."

"If you love someone, set them free. 
If they come back they're yours; 
if they don't they never were."

"Don't be dismayed by good-byes. 
A farewell is necessary before you can meet again. 
And meeting again, after moments or lifetimes, 
is certain for those who are friends."

"If your happiness depends on what somebody else does, 
I guess you do have a problem."

"The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, 
but of respect and joy in each other's life"

"I'm here not because I am supposed to be here, 

or because I'm trapped here, 

but because I'd rather be with you 

than anywhere else in the world."

"That's why love stories don't have endings! 
They don't have ending because love doesn't end."

The poetic world of love and friendship...
...according to Richard Bach.

Frannie xx     

© 2014 Francesca Muir

A beautiful friendship

They dance on shimmering sands

Their sun-kissed limbs glistening in the fading sun

Their limbs entwine

A friendship of old

Renewed on a foreign shore 

Laughing, they frolic in the waves

Hair flying, caught by sea spray

As if carried by unseen mischievous nymphs
 

Their joy is palpable

Their faces alive

And they share a beautiful friendship

That is pure gold!

For Alexandra and Maddy with love Frannie xx

© 2013 Francesca Muir

The power of friendship

On my last morning in Aghios Nikolaos Crete, I was up and out early - devouring the sites, sounds and smells of my beloved " other" home, one last time.  Filling the crevasses of my being to overflowing to sustain me through until my next visit - whenever that may be. The only other people I met were two Yia Yias (grandmothers) holding hands, walking down to the Port.

Watching them, I sensed a powerful friendship.
A friendship of old souls. 
Like my friendship with the island,its spirit and its people.