On Relationships - J2 and D

I’ve been a part and a witness to breakdown of relationships lately. Can a friendship be severed by a simple joke? How can a bride-to-be call off her wedding 5 days before? Is there hope for 2 feuding families to bury the hatchet?

Instead of broken relationships, I shifted my mind to relationships that have withstood the test of time.

J2 and D have been my friends for so many years. From our single days, marriage, business partnerships, childbirth, loss of a partner, migrating to another country, raising children, and now grandparenting (guess who does ...) -- name it we've been through it all.

J2.
Until now I have not forgiven myself for something I did not do (or tell) J2 when I should have because I am her friend. J2 is not my son's godmother and I even forgot to invite her to my son's baptism. Sometimes I say words that may have hurt J2. Yet, I believe she has forgiven me for everything. J2 owns such a forgiving heart.

D.
She is my friend I can abuse. I can ask anything and she will give or do it for me. She has never said no to anything I or J2 ask of her. I know in our friendship she has given way much more than I have given her. D has such a generous heart.

I tell both J2 and D that they are going straight to heaven and be angels when it is their time. I tell them too, that the only reason I may be able to enter heaven is because they will put in good words for me. Such good friends I have.

Why do some relationships last, while others don’t?