8th
FRIENDSHIPS
I have been blessed with many wonderful friends in my life time. In fact, many of my friends have been in my life for 40 years or more…
What I find amazing is that the friendships established in my youth have deeper roots than the current ones..Why is that, I wonder? perhaps it has something to do with development, or perhaps as a youth one just clings to another of the like., I dunno. Perhaps at this time of our lives we soulfully remember our youth as age creeps up on us. The freedom and simplicity of exploration in this thing called life.
Why is it that, even when you haven’t spoken to an old friend for years, once the usual surprise of the call wears away, you are able to talk to each other as if the years apart never existed… You are able to pick up where you left off..
I have a friend as such, we have been friends since our teens, we laughed together, grew together. got into trouble, married, had children and lived a life full. We both live in different states and at times there are months or maybe a year where we don’t speak with each other, but when that phone rings and I hear the voice on the other end , I immediately know by her voice if it’s a call of need, joy or anguish and we pick up just where we left off.. I guess the binds that tied us together are much stronger than distance..
I am grateful for all my friends old and new…
mom
