Yesterday,todayandtomorrowAdictionarycontainsadefinitionoffriendshipsomewhereintheF’sbetweenthewords“fear”and“Friday.”Anencyclopediasuppliesinterestingfactsonfriendship.Butallthedefinitionsandfactsdonotconveywhatfriendshipisreallyallabout.Itcannotbeunderstoodthroughwordsorexaggerations.Theonlywaytounderstandfriendshipisthroughexperience.Itisanexperiencethatinvolvesallthesenses.Friendshipcanbeseen.Itisseeninanoldcouplesittingintheparkholdinghands.Itisthewaytheytouch,atouchaslightasaleaffloatingintheautumnair,atouchsostrongthatyearsoflivingcouldnotpullthemapart.Friendshipisseeninachildfreelysharingthelastcookie.Itisthesmallarmovertheshoulderofanotherastheywalkontheplayground.Seeingfriendshipisnotcasual.Itiswatchingforsubtlety,butfriendshipisthereforeyesthatcansee.Friendshipcanbeheard.Itisheardinthewordsoftwofriendswhosqueezedinlunchtogetheronanextremelybusyday.Itisthewaytheytalktoeachother,notthewords.Theirtoneisunique.Friendshipcanbeheardbythosewillingtolisten.Friendshipisfeltinatouch.Itisapatonthebackfromateammate,ahighfivebetweenclasses,theslimy,wetkissfromthefamilydog.It’satouchthatreassuresthatsomeoneisthere,someonewhocares.Thetouchcommunicatesmorethanwordsorgestures.Itisinstantlyunderstoodandspeaksvolumesbeyondthepointofcontact,totheheart.Friendshiphasataste.Ittasteslikehomemadebread,theingredientsallmeasuredandplanned,thencarefullymixedandkneaded,thenthequietwaitingasthedoughrises.Hotfromtheoven,thebreadtastesmorethanthesumofitsingredients.Thereissomethingelsethere,perhapsthethoughtsofthebakerasherhandskneadthedough,orherpatienceasshewaitsforthedoughtorise.Unseenandunmeasured,thisistheingredientthatmakesthedifference.Warm,freshfromtheovenwithalittlebutter,thedifferenceyoutasteisfriendship.Friendshiphasasmell.Itsmellsliketheslightlyburntcookiesyourbrothermadeespeciallyforyou.Itsmellslikeyourhomewhensteppingintoitafterbeingawayforalongtime.Itsmellslikeasandboxorasweatygym.Friendshiphasavarietyofsmells.Takenforgrantedatthemoment,theydefinethememoryoffriendship.Finally,morethantheothersenses,friendshipisanexperienceoftheheart.Itisthelanguageoftheheart—alanguagewithoutwords,vowels,orconsonants;alanguagethat,whetherseen,felt,heard,ortasted,isunderstoodbytheheart.Likeairfillsthelungs,friendshipfillstheheart,allowingustoexperiencethebestlifehastooffer:afriend.Wheneverhowtheworldchange,people'sfriendshipstaylengthandwillneverchanged.Allthememorieswillstayyesterday,todayandtomorrow.