If you have even one close friend in your life, you are blessed.

Who can explain what it means to have a friend? Someone who knows you. Someone who cares. Someone who listens, or reaches out a hand, or helps you rally from defeat. Someone who’s glad you dropped by. Someone who will stand by you. A welcoming smile across the room. A bear hug. Shared stories, shared laughter, shared hopes and dreams, shared life and shared loss. The world is a far safer, brighter place with your friend in it. What does it mean to have a friend? Simply everything. -Dan Zadra and Kobi Yamada