I had the most, incredible weekend! Friday night I had a great time with some new friends. You know, the Girl Scout song, "Make new friends, but keep the old." Well, I can't say the friends I hung out with on Friday are completely new. I've known them for a few years, now. But, compared to some other friends that I heard from, this week, they are new.
Remember that best-friend you had in high school or that roommate from college? You swore you all would grow old together. Nothing could keep you apart. You were inseperable. You laughed together and you cried together. Sleepovers, parties, school dances and so much more. You made a packt that you'd be in each others weddings, no matter what. You couldn't imagine what you life would be like without that person, nor did you even want to.
This week I've done a lot of reflecting. It's been all about friends...both the new and the old. It started, the other week, when we had our "Friendship" chat on AMR. Shortly after that, I decided to give my old friend, from college, a call. Billie moved and lives about 2 1/2 hours away. We haven't spoken a couple of years, aside from the occassional email. There were no quarrels or squabbles that kept us apart. Just everyday life. I was very excited to tell her that I'd be traveling through her neck of the woods on the weekend, and if she'd be home. We decided to meet up for dinner and chit chat. It was the girls, myself, she and her hubby. We had a remarkable visit and both agreed that we need to do that more often. It felt really good to see her again and I was much relieved when we left for home, Saturday night. It was a long drive, and a late night, but none of that should matter when it comes to seeing a friend.
In the meantime, the next day, after talking on the phone with Billie, I rec'd an email from another old friend. Kara and I were best-friends in high school. We met in Girl Scouts (surprise there lol). We did everything together. Always at one house or another. Those school dances, all-nighters, etc and so on. She was in my wedding (and so was Billie). Eventually, we just drifted apart. She moved to Mass. and I got married, had kids, and moved on. With Kara still being single (at the time), with no kids, we didn't really have much in common. Again, there weren't any quarrels or fights that kept us apart. Just our daily lives. So, now the time comes and Kara tells me she's going to be in NY this coming weekend. We plan on meeting up this weekend. We decided to meet at a half way point, since, she'll still be a good 3 hrs away. So, I'm going to see Kara in Syracuse this Saturday. Now, I can't even begin to remember the last time I saw her. I've spoke to her on the phone, once in the past year. Emails have been very scarce. What we'll say or talk about, I have no idea. But it will be nice to see, yet, another old friend.
Which makes me wonder. Did you have friends like these? Do you still keep in touch? Wonder what they're up to? Any idea where they are? When was the last time you talked to them? I highly recommend picking up the phone or dropping an email to say hello. You never know what kind of an impact that may have on them!
""A friendship can weather most things and thrive in thin soil; but it needs a little mulch of letters and phone calls and small, silly presents every so often - just to save it from drying out completely.""
Author: Pam Brown
""A good friend is a connection to life - a tie to the past, a key to the future, the key to sanity in a totally insane world.""
Author: Lois Wyse
""Don't walk in front of me,
I may not follow-
Don't walk behind me,
I may not lead-
Just walk beside me
and be my friend.""
Author: Unknown
""Friendship is the hardest thing in the world to explain. It's not something you learn in school. But if you haven't learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven't learned anything."
-Muhammad Ali"
""Good friends are like stars.........You don't always see them, but you know they are always there""
Author: Unknown
(quotes from scrapbook.com)
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