A day with Lysette...

"A friend loves at all times."
-- The Bible: Proverbs 17, 17.

Looking for online quotes online is tiring, specially when none of the search results could best describe what you really intend to mean. I was searching for a friendship quote that I could place as an opener for this post. In the hundreds of quotes that I've read, I chose the one I wrote above, a simple proverb from the bible.

This post is a special one. Why? Because I'd be writing about a special day I spent with a special friend, Lysette.

History. It's funny how our names rhyme, Lysette and Suzette.We've been friends since our elementary days but Lysette and I got to know each one better in high school. We were so close that one time a classmate interchanged our birthdates (oh well, it was our joke but the classmate took it seriously, hehe). I don't know why or how she became my bestfriend when now I've realized that we're so different - - - I'm loud, she's the silent type. I'm outgoing, she's very reserved. She's so lady-like, I was boyish. She's very prim, while I'm a little, uhmmm, eccentric? But being opposites didn't really hinder us from becoming good friends.

We parted ways in college and lost communication though we catch up with each other whenever the situation permits it, like when we saw each other at McDonalds, dined together at B3, these being unplanned and spontaneous occasions.

Anyway, I never thought I'd be able to bond with Lysette again. But during her brief stay here in Davao (she and her husband have moved and settled in Japan), I was given the opportunity to spend a day with her once more. It was a day of catching up with each other's lives. We've missed each other soooo much! I think it was the best conversation we've had since we were in high school. Although it was just a short span of time, I was thankful knowing that through the years, we're still good friends. Despite our differences and distance, a friend is really someone who loves you at all times.

Thanks so much for your time, Lalai! I will definitely miss you! Take care. Who knows, maybe I'll visit you in Japan? (--,) I love you!