Season 1, Episode 2. The first dividing point between friends and family may be family are yours from the day you are born. The grandparents and uncles are notified by phone or text that a new one is in the midst. Family are the people who have known you all your life. You return the favor for those who come after you. ” I remember when your mother first brought you to meet us. You were so cute.”
Friends are picked up along the way. They may come from the family who lives next door or the girl or boy who is a cabin mate at camp. Sometimes they are the seat mate on a airplane. You chat, exchange phone numbers, and, amazingly, return a call. Your parents allow you to go on vacation with their family, and some even keep a toothbrush at your house for the times they spend the night.
Along the way, the blood line blurs. The child down the street returns to be a peer in your 
circle. You call the bridesmaid from your wedding to say your oldest daughter is engaged before you share that news with your mother’s sister. Your hunting buddy is whom you turn to when a job offer goes south. Your first grade classmate flies in for a funeral, and her shoulder is the one you cry on.
Our loneliness is held at bay by a mix of family and friends. Even tempered by love, putting up with a variety of relatives can be a stress sometimes. We have to develop and nurture those that become the old fashion term of “bosom buddies.” Those that of all in the world are given to us by grace. However our circle of people grows, we need them each one. They help make us who we are, and we offer the same to them. Hold my hand, there exists a place for you.
A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for a time of adversity.
Proverbs 17:17 NIV
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