{"id":871,"date":"2011-10-17T11:11:12","date_gmt":"2011-10-17T15:11:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/dailyjoys\/?p=871"},"modified":"2011-10-02T21:58:17","modified_gmt":"2011-10-03T01:58:17","slug":"us-celebrating-the-power-of-friendship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/dailyjoys\/2011\/10\/us-celebrating-the-power-of-friendship.html","title":{"rendered":"US! Celebrating the Power of Friendship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/dailyjoys\/files\/2011\/10\/monday2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-872\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/77\/2011\/10\/monday2-232x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"232\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>This is the OFFICIAL premier week of my latest book, US! Celebrating the Power of Friendship.\u00a0 I&#8217;ve been dreaming about writing a book on friendship since I was nineteen years old.\u00a0 I waited a few decades to more fully inform my experience!<\/p>\n<p>When was the last time you gave a friend of ours a flower &#8211; for no particular reason?\u00a0 You can pass along this virtual &#8220;flower&#8221; or consider giving a real one.\u00a0 In either case, the gesture will create a memory&#8230;that never loses its bloom.<\/p>\n<p>If you would like a signed copy of my book &#8211; please visit my author site and order one.\u00a0 If you want it inscribed to your friend&#8230;you may fill in the &#8220;Note&#8221; section your instructions to me.<\/p>\n<p>These are some of my favorite quotes on friendship:<\/p>\n<p>Being a friend to dogs and men is a good day&#8217;s work.\u00a0 &#8211; Bevins Jay &#8211;<\/p>\n<p>I have room for one more friend and he is everyman. &#8211; Woody Guthrie &#8211;<\/p>\n<p>We need the whole world as a friend. &#8211; Herbert Hoover &#8211;<\/p>\n<p>I find as I grow older that I love those most whom I loved first. &#8211; Thomas Jefferson &#8211;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>US! 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