{"id":647,"date":"2015-01-18T18:53:49","date_gmt":"2015-01-19T03:53:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/?p=647"},"modified":"2015-01-18T18:53:49","modified_gmt":"2015-01-19T03:53:49","slug":"jan-18-thank-you-for-being-a-friend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/?p=647","title":{"rendered":"Jan. 18 &#8211; Thank You for being a Friend!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"shariff\" data-title=\"Jan. 18 &#8211; Thank You for being a Friend!\" data-info-url=\"http:\/\/ct.de\/-2467514\" data-backend-url=\"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/wp-content\/plugins\/shariff-sharing\/backend\/index.php\" data-temp=\"\/tmp\" data-ttl=\"60\" data-service=\"gftr\" data-services='[\"googleplus\",\"facebook\",\"twitter\",\"reddit\",\"info\"]' data-image=\"\" data-url=\"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/?p=647\" data-lang=\"en\" data-theme=\"colored\" data-orientation=\"horizontal\"><\/div><p><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/andrew-gold.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-648\" src=\"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/andrew-gold.jpg\" alt=\"andrew gold\" width=\"255\" height=\"255\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In 1978 Andrew Gold released this song.\u00a0 As I have been reflecting on the gifts of friendship I have from many people; today I am sending the lyrics of his song out to everyone who reads this blog as an expression of thanks for the friendships that I have been blessed with in my life!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for being a friend, traveled down the road and back again<br \/>\nYour heart is true, you&#8217;re a pal and a confidant<br \/>\nI&#8217;m not ashamed to say, I hope it always will stay this way<br \/>\nMy hat is off won&#8217;t you stand up and take a bow<\/p>\n<p>And if you threw a party, invited everyone you knew<br \/>\nWell you would see the biggest gift would be from me<br \/>\nAnd the card attached would say<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for being a friend<br \/>\nThank you for being a friend<br \/>\nThank you for being a friend<br \/>\nThank you for being a friend<\/p>\n<p>If it&#8217;s a car you lack, I&#8217;d surely buy you a Cadillac<br \/>\nWhatever you need any time of the day and night<br \/>\nI&#8217;m not ashamed to say, I hope it always will stay this way<br \/>\nMy hat is off, won&#8217;t you stand up and take a bow<\/p>\n<p>And when we both get older<br \/>\nWith walking canes and hair of gray<br \/>\nHave no fear even though it&#8217;s hard to hear<br \/>\nI will stand real close and say<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for being a friend<br \/>\nThank you for being a friend<br \/>\nThank you for being a friend<br \/>\nThank you for being a friend<\/p>\n<p>Let me tell about a friend<br \/>\nThank you for being a friend<br \/>\nThank you for being a friend<br \/>\nThank you for being a friend<br \/>\nThank you for being a friend<\/p>\n<p>And when we die and float away<br \/>\nInto the night, the Milky Way<br \/>\nYou&#8217;ll hear me call as we ascend<br \/>\nI&#8217;ll say your name, then once again<br \/>\nThank you for being a<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for being a<br \/>\nThank you for being a friend<br \/>\nThank you for being a friend<br \/>\nThank you for being a friend<br \/>\nThank you for being a friend<\/p>\n<p>People let me tell about a friend<br \/>\nThank you for being a friend<br \/>\nThank you for being a friend<br \/>\nThank you for being a friend<\/p>\n<p>Tell about a friend<br \/>\nThank you for being a friend<br \/>\nThank you for being a friend<br \/>\nThank you for being a friend<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; In 1978 Andrew Gold released this song.\u00a0 As I have been reflecting on the gifts of friendship I have from many people; today I am sending the lyrics of his song out to everyone who reads this blog as an expression of thanks for the friendships that I have been blessed with in my &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/?p=647\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Jan. 18 &#8211; Thank You for being a Friend!<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-647","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/647","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=647"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/647\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":649,"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/647\/revisions\/649"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=647"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}