Crystal - the epitome of friendship

The sun may have been up today and shining, but the morose, ill me refused to cheer up, still in sync with the contrasting weather of the previous day. And I continued to remain most of the time under self-confinement.

But a pleasant call from one of my better friends with whom I share a unique bonding, truly made my day.

This came to light to her with a FB status of mine that read "My life = a total screw up." 

Her name is Crystal, more about our fascinating friendship on another post (Permission Granted right !!). In time, it has been very difficult to be in touch with her, with her work-related commitments seeing her fly out of the country more often than not. So calling her was out of the question too as she never kept a number, until when she is India which I believe is subject to frequent changes.

It was another matter she could initially not call up, as my cell has been switched off most of the time since last afternoon. Reason being, I was/still am totally disgruntled with an inconsiderate response to my plight by a senior at my workplace. Call, she did, when she spilled the beans to me on that particular wall status and I kept my cell on for a while. It was really thoughtful and sweet of her, to cheer up my mood with the lovely call. 

Crystal, I know how time is money for you (pardon me, if I have worded it wrongly), but how you managed that half an hour for me is very appreciable (trust your important conference that followed went well). This justifies your presence in my FB Album - 'Friends Forever' despite the fact our meetings and spending quality time together have been few, To a certain mutual pal, the previous line may be uncalled for, but I felt it was necessiated under the unique circumstances our friendship took root, branched out and continues to grow.

I have this tendency to cringe and get cranky whenever I fall ill and make this public on FB too - which is an extension of my life as Twitter is tending to be nowadays. And she, with her lovely, cheerful comments when am down and with such depressing statuses up on FB, puts in her extra bit to lighten up my mood, to a fair measure of success, as today :)

Crystal, I could not thank you enough with your call for making me feel 'so special' and 'part of your life' but in my own special way, I am doing my bit. You truly are an epitome of friendship to me, and many others, for sure !! Keep up the good vibes !!