Friends we might never have met ...

Reading this made me think of the importance of some of the relationships we have on here ...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-51672643
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-51672643
“I am not lost, for I know where I am. But however, where I am may be lost.” Winnie the Pooh
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Hostafan and his OH, you and yours, Philippa and hers, And someone who I have never met but write to by email every few days and have done for about 6 years now.
I still feel the absence of Joyce on the Resurrected thread.
Still, life is a finite phenomenon. I liken it to one of those push penny machines. Newborns go in at the top and we all in the end drop out at the bottom.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=iqKfTNhS0jA
Sorry if that offends anyone, it’s just how I see things.
"virtual " friendships can be surprisingly long term - I have an email friend in the US to whom I have been writing for 25 years - we do books, gardening, politics and everything in between. Another friend from Canada - same length of time - met her once but our email friendship goes on - a little erratic by now but when she is in trouble, we yap every day.
This particular forum proved a godsend to me not so long ago - Lyn offered me and my OH a home when we were stuck - we'd never met and I could have been a Vampire - it's all about a feeling/trust but not everyone is prepared to open up their home to a virtual stranger.
Not just virtual stuff tho - here in this village we have an elderly lady who looks after the local cemetary. Apart from her little dog, it's her life. I first met her soon after I moved here from France........didn't know who she was but I was on my way to the local shop. She stopped me to have a word ( well, several words actually ) and introduced herself and then went on to explain about her role in the village. Fidgeting from one foot to another ( getting close to shop closing ), several neighbours passed us and a lot of "eye rolling" but then the lady said "thank you for talking to me ". That made me think. How dreadful to have to thank someone for stopping for a chat.
Having now moved closer to the Church and Cemetary, I see this lady more often - all she wants is a chat and a good moan about the Vicar, the Funeral Director, etc. etc. I think I have learned quite a bit more about funerals, burial sites etc. than I really wanted to know.
There are other examples of lonely people even in a relatively rural village situation -if you have 10 mins to listen, it could help.
One thing is for sure, we all get old! We should really respect our senior members of "society" a bit more.
On another note I love how she saved the lady that £200. Postal scams are terrible, and that was from the water company.
When my dad had his dog, he wouldn’t let him even wee in the garden so took him out several times a day, the dog died and after 2 years someone knocked on the door and asked if the old boy was ok as they hadn’t seen him with the dog for while!