{"id":318,"date":"2008-04-16T08:53:35","date_gmt":"2008-04-16T12:53:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gallerycollection.com\/blog\/business-birthday-cards\/a-birthday-card-can-save-a-friendship\/"},"modified":"2025-11-19T15:30:56","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T20:30:56","slug":"a-birthday-card-can-save-a-friendship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gallerycollection.com\/blog\/business-birthday-cards\/a-birthday-card-can-save-a-friendship\/","title":{"rendered":"A Birthday Card Can Save a Friendship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I can\u2019t remember where I learned this old Nigerian quote, but it came to mind recently when a friend sent me a birthday card. The quote is as follows: \u201cHold a true friend with both of your hands.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>My friend has been besieged lately with some complicated personal issues. We have been friends through more birthdays than I would care to say. In all of those years, I tried to be a good friend, but I did not necessarily always remember to send her <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gallerycollection.com\/birthday-cards\/personal-birthday-cards.htm\">personal birthday cards<\/a><\/strong>. After all, in today\u2019s world what does it take\u2026three minutes to dash off an emailed happy birthday? I mean, we\u2019re all terribly busy, but the truth is that seeing a greeting card envelope in the mailbox brings a smile to anyone\u2019s face. The extra effort really isn\u2019t such a hassle if you keep assorted birthday cards on hand.<\/p>\n<p>I realize now that I wasn\u2019t holding this precious commodity of friendship with both hands. Shame on me! All it takes is the foresight to keep a box of <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gallerycollection.com\/birthday-cards\/birthday-presents-cards.htm\">birthday cards<\/a><\/strong> at the ready. My dear friend never neglected me, even though I\u2019m sure she noticed my neglect, or mentioned my omission, even though I am sure I would have found a way to express my disappointment if she ever forgot my birthday card.<\/p>\n<p>I guess what I want others to get from reading this is that when you never want to lose something as important as a true friendship, you need to hold it with both hands.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"I can\u2019t remember where I learned this old Nigerian quote, but it came to mind recently when a&hellip;","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_page_load_nextpost":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1292,1297,31],"tags":[38,75,116],"class_list":{"0":"post-318","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-occasions-and-celebrations","7":"category-birthday-inspiration","8":"category-business-birthday-cards","9":"tag-birthday-cards","10":"tag-personal-birthday-cards","11":"tag-friendship","12":"cs-entry"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>A Birthday Card Can Save a Friendship - Gallery Connection<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gallerycollection.com\/blog\/business-birthday-cards\/a-birthday-card-can-save-a-friendship\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"A Birthday Card Can Save a Friendship - Gallery Connection\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"I can\u2019t remember where I learned this old Nigerian quote, but it came to mind recently when a&hellip;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gallerycollection.com\/blog\/business-birthday-cards\/a-birthday-card-can-save-a-friendship\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Gallery Connection\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2008-04-16T12:53:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-11-19T20:30:56+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Henry L.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Henry L.\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.gallerycollection.com\/blog\/business-birthday-cards\/a-birthday-card-can-save-a-friendship\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.gallerycollection.com\/blog\/business-birthday-cards\/a-birthday-card-can-save-a-friendship\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Henry L.\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.gallerycollection.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/354a198a194eb6492cbacff6edb7440b\"},\"headline\":\"A Birthday Card Can Save a Friendship\",\"datePublished\":\"2008-04-16T12:53:35+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-11-19T20:30:56+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.gallerycollection.com\/blog\/business-birthday-cards\/a-birthday-card-can-save-a-friendship\/\"},\"wordCount\":268,\"commentCount\":0,\"keywords\":[\"Birthday Cards\",\"personal birthday cards\",\"friendship\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Occasions &amp; 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