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I have a very small circle of good friends (where I can count on one hand who they are). I have a very large number of friends/acquaintances, as I attend various gym classes, dance classes and although I have great times with all these people, they have not ventured into my small circle of very good friends.

I have one very close friend whom I have known since I was 11 and she lives 200 miles away with her daughter, but yet we have managed to keep in touch once a week by telephone, or pop up once or twice a year to see each other. We are very much alike and she understands me to the point its scary that she knows me so well and yet, she doesn't. We have moved on in our lives, but we do have a common connection and that is from our youth.

I have 3 other very good friends and they all live relatively far away but again, when we do meet up, we get along so well, like it was yesterday that we saw one another. They are all very different in their characters and dislikes and each has a quality that I can relate to on a more personal level, i.e. one friend is a great fitness freak like me and we got for long walks, one of my other friends is a real cat person and has four cats and we talk about our respective cats and also our passion for music, although I have more of an eclectic taste, but she is always inspired by my diversity as much as I am by hers.

We go through our lives meeting people, whether it be in a job, or private lives, your neighbours, I am very lucky I do have two very good neighbours, although sadly my direct neighbour is a pain in the derriere.

Having a wider circle of friends is a good thing, as things change, people move away, people die and the smaller the circle, can leave a gaping hole in your life.

But if I am truly honest, if I had just my small circle of friends around to dinner with their respective partners, we would have one hell of a party, as each individual would contribute something wonderful to the event. I am so blessed to have such wonderful good friends (be it a small group or large group).

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