Re-establishing Old Friendships

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Hello again Internets :D,

I know I have been away for a while and could spend a lot of time explaining where I have been, but that really isn't the point of the blog is it? So I shall just say sometimes life gets away from us and now I have returned. Now into this entry's joy re-establishing old friendships.

Recently I had the privilege of going on vacation and firmly believe I could not have used this time better if I tried as I used it to spend two wonderful weeks re-establishing friendships with many old friends from many different times in my life. I marvel every time I see these friends because even though we now live far apart and don't get to talk to each other as often as we would like (forget about even seeing each other as much as we like) once we do get together it is like no time has passed and we are able to step right back into our friendships. I have been back from this 2 week visiting blitz for about 10 days now and am still feeling the wonderful calming effects that only come from spending time with good friends. So while I am still feeling the effects I would like to take this time remind everyone of a few things that we all know we should do, but do not do often enough:

• when you find yourself thinking of someone let them know, this can be with something as small as a quick letter or e-mail or as big as a surprise party I will leave it to you to decide what is appropriate
• friendships are like hardy plants sometimes they can survive if you neglect them, but if you really want them to flourish you have to give them attention
• do not say we need to do this more often, if you find your self saying this stop yourself and pick a date a time, everyone agrees friends should get together more often, but if no one takes the initiative it will never happen
• finally sometimes friendships change do not be afraid of these changes face them head on if the friendship is meant to last everyone will adjust if it is not you will always have those many wonderful memories

(The cabin I spent half of my vacation squirreled away in, with about 10 other people)

Keep finding the joy,
B