My good friend is becoming much much more than that.  I feel appreciated and loved and cared for in a way I have not felt in a very long time.  I was resistant at first, because it seemed too fast.  But we have been friends for two years so I finally let my guard down and this man is amazing and kind and funny and just...good for me..... in ways I didn't even know I needed.  I feel grateful and appreciate him so deeply.  He has been a positive light/safe harbor at the end of a turbulent storm.