Thanks technonana and just saw your comment.  Glad you liked my poem. 

I love this post and identify with it myself. I have outlived my two best friends. One I have known 30 years.  She knew me and still loved me.  Not a day goes by that I don't wish I could pick up the phone and call her.

Thanks Designing Girl.

Thank you 

A big thank you from a fellow poet, Dianne. 

Hi Lynne, your poem is lovely to read. Thank you for sharing.

You couldn't have expressed it better momtocam. 

The chapters of our life brings sweet pages of friendship..whether long or brief, we embrace this gift. I recently looked back a few days ago of some that left earth too soon. Others have been gone for many years. When those dates on the calendar come around each year, we reflect on those we were able to connect with. I'm forever grateful I can connect with so many in the blink of an eye here. Precious friendships indeed🙂

We have selective memory, Diffuser.  Hopefully the good ones outweigh the bad.

It is the minutes in time, not the days we remember

Thanks, Grace.  The internet is a wonderful invention if put to proper use.  It brings people together from all over the world to share their different cultures.  Once known as pen pals, people can now communicate in a matter of seconds. 

Hello Lynne, so sad that some friends was gone, but I know it's time to take a rest in heaven with our creator.  I love my online friends eventhought we dont see each other in person, I cherished the love and care we shared in the net. I considered them my families living in different countries. May God give us a longer life. 

Thanks, Beth.  Genuine online friends become as important as real life friends.  When something happens and they are no longer around for whatever reason, they are sorely missed.

Very well put, Lynne.  As the saying goes, Friends come in to our lives for a reason, a season, or a lifetime.  I'm missing those friends too.  R.I.P. my dear Wendy (Moondancer) and Angeleyes.

Thank you, Greg.  Sometimes writing down your thoughts and sharing with others can help. 

Beautiful! Straight from the heart. Thank you Lynne.