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Looking out my Backdoor: Reasons, seasons, and forever friends

Friends come in every size, color and flavor and I would not want it to be any other way.

I’ve heard it said that some friends are for a reason. I’d agree with that. Take Benjamin, for example, the man who delivers my twenty liter jugs of drinking water. He is a delightful man. I enjoy our short chats, always like to see him. But we don’t share home visits.

My long-gone but always with me friend, David, would say Benjamin is a business associate. And that is true.

We have neighbors with whom we are friendly, borrow a cup of sugar, share a backyard barbeque. We are not intimate b...

 

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