FRIENDSHIP --- this is friendship week !!

FRIENDSHIP WEEK … 
this year will be celebrated from May 16 through Saturday, May 22.

This annual event, started by Dr. Jan Yager in 1997, 

begins each year on the Sunday after Mother's Day for one week.

A week to celebrate (and reconnect) with old friends and new friends and to remember how vital friends -- casual, close, and best -- are for our emotional and physical well-being and even our school, professional, or career success. "Friendshifts" (to shift) is the word coined by author and sociologist Jan Yager, Ph.D. to denote the way our ideas about friendship, and sometimes even who are friends are, may change as we go through the different stages in life. Have you questioned why some friends have stayed andd some have gone ... Well, we do change! But at every stage, friendship is crucial, for boys, for girls, for men, for women, children, young adults, new mothers, the middle-aged, and especially for those who are older and retired or widowed.

Have you thought about doing something special with your friends?

A reunion, if possible, especially if you do not see eachother often, 

might be a joyful way to reconnect.

But if you or your friend are unable to spend time together, face to face, there are other ways you could let your friend or friends know that each friendship is valuable to you. Here are just a few suggestions: Sending a card, talking by phone, writing a letter, exchanging gifts, communicating via e-mail, sharing memories as you build new ones, reading the same book, or going to see the same movie, and discussing your reactions to it. What are some ways of celebrating, in person or from a distance, that you are planning for your newer and older friendships?

Of course it's important to remember and celebrate our close or best friends (and even our casual friends) all year round, but this annual event just helps remind us all how we should never take our old friends for granted or stop developing or cultivating new friends.

At all ages and stages of our lives, friends are the glue that holds us together. Give thanks for your old friends, celebrate your new friends and make time for all them this week.

You can CLICK on the title of this blog and 
it will LINK you to a classic 'frienship song', 

JUST SING ALONG!!

And have a GREAT FRIENDSHIP WEEK !!!

Here are the lyrics of the song 

That's What Friends Are For

by Dionne Warwick and Friends!

Can you identify them (the friends) ?

"And I never thought I'd feel this way
And as far as I'm concerned
I'm glad I got the chance to say
That I do believe I love you

And if I should ever go away
Well, then close your eyes and try to feel
The way we do today
And then if you can remember

Keep smilin', keep shinin'
Knowin' you can always count on me, for sure
That's what friends are for
For good times and bad times
I'll be on your side forever more
That's what friends are for

Well, you came and opened me
And now there's so much more I see
And so by the way I thank you

Whoa, and then for the times when we're apart
Well, then close your eyes and know
These words are comin' from my heart
And then if you can remember, oh!

Keep smiling, keep shining
Knowing you can always count on me, for sure
That's what friends are for
In good times, in bad times
I'll be on your side forever more
Oh, that's what friends are for

Whoa... oh... oh... keep smilin', keep shinin'
Knowin' you can always count on me, for sure
That's what friends are for
For good times and bad times
I'll be on your side forever more
That's what friends are for

Keep smilin', keep shinin'
Knowin' you can always count on me, oh, for sure
'Cause I tell you that's what friends are for
For good times and for bad times
I'll be on your side forever more
That's what friends are for (That's what friends are for)

On me, for sure
That's what friends are for
Keep smilin', keep shinin' "