Wow!

[mommy4ever]

Yesterday, I received an email, some one looking for me. Some one from the past. There usually isn't a soul from my past that would even consider looking up, but 2. One was an exchange student from Japan, we think she was killed in the train gasing that occurred about 12 years ago, as that was the last time we heard from her was the day before that happened. And the other was a gal I went to school she, she is the one person I could call best friend. As she truly truly was my best friend. She wasn't the type of person to stand and watch if some one was picking on her friends, she stood up for her friends, she didn't care if it got her picked on too. She was a lovely lovely person. But after 10th grade, she moved away. There was a third person in our little group, but with out S, there was no us. We grew apart. I've missed her so much.

It's a little bitter sweet, she lives accross the country from me. I'm content to be the home body I am. I'm very happy with my life. But I wish she were closer, she was the one that kept me sane in those terrible awkward teenage years. Without her, I don't know what would have happened. We were content to be homebodies together! I can remember spending hours laying on the bed reading side by side. Every now and then sharing something we found funny, or curious. Just content to be together. The closest I have to that is dh. But it's not the same. I know I have searched hard to find that type of friend again, and I've never found it again. So hearing from her is awesome. But still a little bittersweet,she's so far away! 2 full time zones away. I'd love to have a best friend again, especially as the youngest starts school next year.

[leezza]

Hello,

Not that it will make it any better but thought I would share the following with you. And also wanted to say to you that sometimes the miles melt away when you are really close. Some of my best buddies live 3,000 miles away, it makes the letters, cards, emails, and phone calls all that more special.

leezza
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ARE YOU A REASON, A SEASON, OR A LIFETIME?

When someone is in your life for a REASON . . . It is
Usually to meet a need you have expressed. They have
Come to assist you through a difficulty, to provide
You with guidance and support, to aid you physically,
Emotionally, or spiritually. They may seem like a
Godsend, and they are! They are there for the reason
You need them to be. Then, without any wrongdoing on
You’re part, or at an inconvenient time, this person will
Say or do something to bring the relationship to an end.
Sometimes they die. Sometimes they walk away. Sometimes
They act up and force you to take a stand. What we must
Realize is that our need has been met, our desire
Fulfilled, their work is done. The prayer you sent up
Has been answered. And now it is time to move on.

Then people come into your life for a SEASON. Because
Your turn has come to share, grow, or learn. They bring
You an experience of peace, or make you laugh. They may
Teach you something you have never done. They usually
Give you an unbelievable amount of joy. Believe it! It is
Real! But, only for a season.

LIFETIME relationships teach you lifetime lessons:
Things you must build upon in order to have a solid
Emotional foundation. Your job is to accept the lesson,
Love the person, and put what you have learned to use in
All other relationships and areas of your life. It is said
That love is blind but friendship is clairvoyant.

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[sdrjeolsen]

wow, that's really neat, I hope you are able to get together some time. I have a few frinds from my past that I wonder about from time to time. I'd do what I could via e-mail and skype to keep in touch and rekindle the relationship

[mommy4ever]

It is neat. I just really wish she was closer
!! I'll take what I can get.

She's been looking for me for awhile now. And I her. So we've found each other again!! That's great.

[Momto2Boyz]

I know how you feel. I'm in Illinois and one of my best, closest and oldest friends lives in Alaska. It is hard to be so far away...but I'll take the distance as compared to not having her at all! It has been so hard, she just had twins (born at 22 weeks), and it has been so hard not to be right there for her and to give her a hug! (Both twins are now 4 pounds each and going strong, BTW).

I agree, I think it gets harder as we get older to make friends like we did when we were younger. I have been lucky enough to make one very, great friend since school. Most of my closest friends I made in high school, but luck intervened when we bought our house and we have the best neighbors in the world, she is like a sister to me! But your right...it does get harder to make good friends as we get older!

[nodmicks]

That is great she found you! Even though you are far away you can still have a good time chatting by phone, IM or email.

[Marie78]

I hope you can both keep in touch now. I liked that poem leezza. I have found many people to talk to and laugh with where I work and where I go to the gym. I agree it's harder to make friends as I grow older. I have found a couple of people to hang out with at work and my fiance is my best friend right now, probably always. My sister and mom are my next closest friends .

[Squirt]

Like others have said, you can still do a lot of things with her. I have friends who I've chatted with online for 4 years now and I feel as though they are close friends- I even met one for lunch while visiting my sister in Colorado. Other friends from my youth live several states away, but it just doesn't seem to matter. If we want to talk, we do. Of course, they are here sometimes over holidays or for work so I do get to see them occasionally.

Just don't think you can't have this friend because of the distance. I chat with CO and FL friends daily- which is more than I talk to my at-home friends!

[FrugalMomof3]

I am so happy for you and remember a friend is a friend for life, whether she been next door or a million miles away... some day, some way you ladies will get to see each other but for now there is always cards, emails, pictures, etc...