Friendship

Playdates are times when kids can get to know one another outside of the school classroom. This is when friendships can blossom much like the special friendship between two fifth graders, Jess and Leslie, in Katherine Patersons' 1978 Newbery-winning Bridge to Terabithia. It is one of my all-time favorite young adult books.

Friendship is beautifully described in a poem I recently discovered.

The Miracle of Friendship

by Anonymous

There is a Miracle called Friendship

that dwells within the heart

and you don't know how it happens

or when it even starts.

But the happiness it brings you

always gives a special lift

and you realize that

Friendship

is God's most precious gift.