Tuesday, August 24, 2021

Best friend

 

"A best friend is someone with whom you can sit on the porch, without a word, and then walk away with the feeling that it was the best conversation that you ever had in your life."

~Paula Coelho

International Friendship Day was started by Joyce Hall, who was the founder of Hallmark Cards, in 1930. It was Hall’s idea to mark a day on which people would celebrate their friendships. The United Nations marked the honey-loving tubby bear Winnie the Pooh as the Ambassador of Friendship in 1988, and July 30 was designated as International Friendship Day in the 65th UN’s session in 2011. Friendship Day is celebrated annually on the first Sunday of August. 

1 comments:

Darlene S said...

What a great quote. Silly me, as I didn't realize we had an International Friendship day. Thanks for sharing. Friendships are super important and I'm a firm believer if we had more international friendships we'd have fewer wars.