Friendships are like Tulips

Last month I wrote an article for another blogger about how friendships are alot like tulips. And now with the tulips in full bloom, I just had to share this with you guys.

Friendships are a lot like tulips – Guest Post

Posted on February 28, 2012
Have you grown any tulips recently? You plant the bulb in late Fall, then do nothing except wait while the bulb is preparing for spring. Just about the time you have forgotten all about them you start to see the green shoots. Then before long there are buds that open into gorgeous flowers.

But I don’t let them stay out in my yard. I will often cut a big bouquet and bring them in to brighten my kitchen table. True, they don’t last long, but they are such a breath of spring after a long winter. Even when they start to droop and lose their petals they are beautiful.

Friendships are a lot like tulips.

You may begin a friendship many months before you really see it mature. It takes time to develop a friendship and once you have established the relationship, you get to watch it grow and change over time.

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Thanks to Janet for inviting me to post on her blog Going Crazy Wanna Go!