Most people really appreciate true friends and to some extent it provides clues to what we are all about. Most people know that best friends are a scarce treasure. You may have tons of friends from work and school but best friends are exceptional.

True friends accept each other warts and all. Despite our imperfections, annoying habits, and other faults we are accepted. Acceptance is the chief feature of long lasting friendships.

Sometimes friends become separated by geography due to jobs, marriage, or other reasons. Sometimes these friends find unique ways to stay connected. Many of us may know of friends that have found new ways to keep the relationship going in this electronic age.

There are a couple of women that found a way to work together in addition to keeping their close association. They were college roommates that had attended schools together since the first grade. Initial job opportunities and marriage found them living many miles apart.

They created an online business based on a shared interest that allows them to raise their children, stay at home, and fuel their friendship. A home income opportunity was the perfect solution.

They nearly surprised themselves when they realized that they could make money blogging about one of their favorite belongings. The websites and personal blogs they had were just for fun to that point.

Now they share a friendship and business by marketing fine costume jewelry wholesale on the world wide web. From childhood they shared a passion that began with dressing up in their Mom’s beads and boas to art classes in high school and college.

They cheerfully admit that they spend more time together now then if they lived in the same city. Their friendship has shared both personal and professional highs and lows. Each fills the gaps present in the other and together they thrive.

They are both big fans of social sites because they come loaded with a variety of cute and engaging tools. They promote their site plus acknowledge birthdays, send hearts, smiles, and comments back and forth. They still manage to send a hand written card or letter too.

Friendships are a lot like a fire. You start with tinder and kindling and then throw on the big logs. The fire burns down to red hot embers and with a little effort will never go out. Like a terrific friendship it is welcoming and warming.