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From Lemon/Friend Advice Column
Friends Are Like Diamonds
A framed piece of embroidery provides some valuable life wisdom.
Written by: Suzanne V. Tanner, Paroma Sen, Amy Marley
Funny, the way things from childhood stick to your ribs.
My Mom treasured a framed piece of embroidered words and kept it propped up somewhere in our house. It did not seem to own any particular wall or mantel. I think maybe initially, it belonged to her mother.
The full quote was “Friends are like diamonds, precious and rare.” I remember Mom holding it in her hands from time to time, staring intently, while her eyes sparkled, yes, like diamonds. Those stitched words reflected a family value. How the Tanners felt about friends.
Is this the reason why I thought of it today, so many years later? There is a friend theme going on in this post. Particularly because along with two terrific gal pals Amy Marley and Paroma Sen we recently started From Lemon, our life and love friend advice column.
