Grateful

Speaking of my friends...

Today in the mail I found a bright yellow envelope addressed to me. Inside was a bright yellow card covered in the distinctive printing of a long distance friend.

This friend isn't even one I would consider to be particularly close. He's more of a friend of a friend. But he brought me to tears and touched my heart with one simple gesture.

He was just writing to let me know that he was thinking of me. "You possess a strength as might as your heart is big," he wrote.

How incredibly sweet is that? I was moved just to receive a card from a faraway friend. But to read those words?

There are a lot of good and wonderful people in this world, and I am lucky to know and love quite a few more than my fair share.