Friendship

Our lives our unfolding, our paths going on their own winding ways. We aren't always together, and we don't talk constantly, but the impacts that we have had on each other will never be lost. Sometimes the people we were closest to in one phase just fade into a memory in the next, sometimes they remain, though the matter of which will never be the same, and sometimes, things just change. In an inexplicable and indescribable way things change, people change, and we may wonder why, or we way not realize it all until that one day when someone asks "hey, hows _____" and all of a sudden a long-lost image resurfaces. I've been blessed with extraordinary experiences and in the past two years I've seen more, done more, experienced more and grown more than many people do in decades. Yet the one thing I lack is the foundations in building strong and lasting bonds. Even though I have solidifying strong enough relationships to withstand the test of time, the closeness factor I have always longed for seems to still be missing. My best friends from one phase become just friends in the next; there never seems to be a constant. I've been lucky enough to have a wonderful other half, but even with that our forced 1,000 mile boundary has been a struggle. Of course, no con could ever outweigh the pros that my life has given me, but sometimes it's scary to think of the people we love most in the moment becoming a mere memory in the future. I wouldn't trade the life I have had and currently have for absolutely anything and I truly can never express my gratitude for everything that I have, maybe this is just the downfall of the girl who just did everything and now finds the whole world is different. To friends of these last few years - I love you all, and no matter where life takes us, each of you has played an extraordinary role in giving me the most magical few years of all. And for that, I am forever grateful.