I just finished watching the "Fellowship of the Ring" and I am really touched by the friendship between Sam and Frodo. It's unwavering no matter the peril each may face. I guess I find such a constant reassuring in a world that seems more and more alien to me every day. I remember when I was young, and on into my early twenties, having friends that I thought were like that. I don't feel that way now though. As I grow older is it time to put away childish things? To quote another movie "Everyone dies alone." Maybe it's folly to yearn for someone or something always at the ready?