Friendship is the one thing I would wish for everybody in this new year. It comes in many different shapes and sizes but it can make even the difficult times a little bit easier.

Friendship isn’t a given. It doesn’t come in the ways we would necessarily look for. It is often something we have to be before we have. It involves work and time. It involves compromise.

But here’s a good resolution to have at any time - be friendly.

Being friendly doesn’t guarantee friendship. But, my word, friendliness alone makes a difficult world a much nicer place.

In that thing we refer to as 2021 I was blessed to find a whole heap of new friends, or at the very least, friendly people, whom I met through Homesong. As well as to experience existing friendships growing deeper.

I wish you the same during this thing we refer to as 2022.

Have a very happy and friendly new year.