Friendship

It has been a long time since I had anything to say, apparently. I didn't realize how much time had passed since the "thinmint" episode but it has been a lot. Several things have happened that probably deserve a blog, but today I want to write about friends.

We are all used to a routine and as we grow in responsibilities there is less and less room for our friends. There are certain people that you see just because their circles intersect with yours, and others that you go months or even years without running into. At some point these friends may have had a circle that coincided with yours, and now you have just moved forward.

I find myself being unsuccessful with pursuing those whom I have no occasion to run into. It can be sort of difficult because of schedules or locations but for whatever reason I just don't get around to pursuing them in the ways that I would like to. The wonderful thing however, that keeps me from feeling terrible about this lack on my part, is that because of the time I did share with different individuals, we have a bond, and even if it is not nurtured daily, we have the memory of the time when it was. It makes all friends, current and past and future valuable for the different places they occupy in my life.

This past weekend I got a package in the mail, and it was one of the most beautiful gifts I have ever opened. It was a jar, filled to the brim, with pennies. Hand painted on the outside were the words, "thoughts of you". What a gift to share with someone you love- that even if you do not tell them or speak to or see them regularly, that they are always close to your heart.

Friendship of this caliber is such a valuable reminder to me that I have been fortunate in my life to find amazing individuals. Even if they are far from me now, we share the common experience of having learned to know and love one another.