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A (Sappy) Love Song to My Friends

In the words of C.S. Lewis in Four Loves: 

Friendship arises out of mere Companionship when two or more of the companions discover that they have in common some insight or interest or even taste which the others do not share and which, till that moment, each believed to be his own unique treasure (or burden). The typical expression of opening Friendship would be something like, “What? You too? I thought I was the only one.” … It is when two such persons discover one another, when, whether with immense difficulties and semi-articulate fumblings or with what would seem to us amazing and elliptical speed, they share their vision – it is then that Friendship is born. And instantly they stand together in an immense solitude.

And so is the beginning of a journey together.

I remember quite vividly and with great reverence my first best friend.  I was in seventh grade when we met.  The first time I went to her house a few weeks later, we walked to a creek and searched for rocks that we could wash and admire together.  It was with great relief and surprise that I realized I had found a kindred spirit- a lover of rocks and the magic of the world to give them to us.

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