friends are precious diamonds

OH most definately. I have three friends that I've been best friends with since we were small children. 36 years now! I could not ask for anything better. We are there no matter what happens for each other. We've been through deaths of parents, grandparents, children...weddings, births, loss of jobs, divorces...you name it. We also have this uncanny ability of knowing when something is wrong with one of the four of us. Someone will call and say "Hey...Let's have lunch." It's always when there is something going on and that person needs a friend.