What is a Triond friend?
“Friendship, friendship, just a perfect kinship”.
These are a few lines from a song sung by Lucy and Ethel on an episode of “I Love Lucy”. I think they sum up a Triond friendship perfectly. Like Lucy and Ethel, Triond friends are the best. They look out for one another, they support each other, and you can always count on your Triond friends.
How do you make Trionds friends?
I posted my first story on Triond in March of 2007. I was applying for grant money to write my book and I need some published work to apply for the grants I needed. I had tried for months to publish stories in magazines for children. I was turned down repeatedly. My husband found Triond and thought I should try it. I was so excited to see my name and work published that I cried. Then the friendships started.
I didn’t know anything about Triond friends. I found my first comment and decided to look him up and read his material. Then another comment and another person to look up and read. At that time, you did not post comments with your Triond profile and sometimes it was hard for a newbee like me to find the wonderful people who liked my stories. Making friends and learning how to add them was trial and error, but I did it.
Then I had to learn how to be a good Triond friend. A good friend reads you works and leaves you comments, as I said we support each other. Now, being a good and true Triond friend is hard work. We all have busy lives and between working, writing, living our lives and everything else we all have to do, being a Triond friend is hard. However, anything worth having takes work and believe me my true Triond friends are worth it. I may not have a chance to check out all my friends’ new posts and photos everyday but I always play catch up. This is how I do it. First, I check my dashboard for new posts. I then click onto your profile page and work until I have hit all you new posts. Sometimes if you don’t have anything new, I will read forward some of your older posts. I sometimes find when I check your profile; I missed a great story, article or picture. What a shame it would be to me to miss your latest adventure.
Now, I do have a pet peeve, those who want to be my friend but never read my posts. How can you send me a message that you love my work but I have never seen a comment from you? When I receive these, I read some of their new and old post and send them a message stating I would love to be their friend, if they would like to be mine. After several weeks of reading their posts and leaving comments with no reciprocation, I sadly remove them as my friend.
In closing, I would like to ask my readers to nominate a true Triond friend. Someone who knows what friendship is about and how to be a good and true friend. Since this is my article, I am going to name quite a few.
Nick Kinney, my first Triond friend, he gave me the encouragement I needed to keep going. His comments made me smile and feel like I was a real writer. At this time because of his work schedule, Nick, is unable to post many stories or comments. His friends miss him and we look forward to his return. If you read this, Nick, your Triond friends love you.
A list of my true Triond friends:
These dear friends are not posting at this time. But they know how to be a true Triond friend.
If you have never read these fine writers please check out their profiles, they are the finest group of friends anyone could ever ask for; if they are your friends, you are blessed.
Please feel free to nominate anyone you feel knows how to be a true Triond friend. We can’t choose our family but we certainly can choose our friends.
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