Friendship

Have you ever lost a friend? I don't mean losing them in a shopping mall, but losing their friendship, rather. Maybe you or they moved to another city and found it difficult to keep in touch. Or, you had a disagreement that was simply never resolved. Either way, sometimes certain friendships are never fully lost and you can find yourself holding onto the last thread just in case it is ever resurrected.

There are certain secondary school friendships I miss having today. I often wonder what it would be like to have a personal relationship with some of those girls and guys today -- not just through Facebook -- and if we'd have anything in common any more. I also wonder if I would be friends now with people I didn't care for so much back then! I imagine it's quite possible.

Certain friendships last a lifetime. No matter how far away you physically are from each other, or how infrequent you communicate, that moment you meet again feels like you were never apart. I have one of those. It's literally been more than four years since I've seen her yet know we're still close deep down.

I recently started rekindling an old, long-lost friendship after a nearly 3 1/2 year "split". It was actually really hard to make the effort to reach out to see if there was anything there. Luckily, I was met with open arms (c'mon, not literally, give us some time!) and am enjoying seeing where things go. It's really weird starting up an old friendship, though. Other than knowing a lot about this person, it feels like we just started dating. Neither wants to wreck the "new" relationship but both want to re-get to know each other. The good news is, we seem to have even more in common now than before, so I feel very happy with and optimist of the situation thus far.

I found an excellent quote to sum up my feelings:

Great friends are hard to find, difficult to leave, and impossible to forget.