Friends from the Past

The past few weeks I have been thinking about the past. I've been thinking about people that have been in my life and made a difference. I've thought about all the mistakes and petty decisions that I have made. Stupid things that have kept people from me that really matter. I've been blessed in my life to have had some really great friends. When I was in school I had a group of friends that we called the 'gang'. People came and went from the gang, but there were always the core group of friends. We were so close. We saw each other after every class, wrote notes to each other in class and spoke on the phone for hours after school. God knows what we talked about for so long!

When we get older it is harder to find friends like that. People just don't walk into your life the way they did when you were a kid. As an adult, I find that just keeping touch with a handful of people to be hard. We let so many small daily things in our life keep us from picking up the phone and just saying hi. Trying to get together is just as hard. When you start thinking about it, "Boy its been how long since I've seen her!"

As I turn 30, I've been thinking about those lost connections. I wonder what this person is doing now? Are they married, do they have kids? Do they ever wonder about me?

Its time to stop being so busy. We need to remember what is important in life. Isn't family and friends the most important?

I went on Classmates.com last week to look up a few people. What a great thing to do. Because of doing this I have reconnected with two old friends that for different reasons fell away from my life. It was so wonderful to talk to them; find out about their lives. I been is such a great mood because of it. I really hope that sometime soon I can get to see them. I almost feel like a part of me that has been missing for a long time is back again.

So if it has been awhile since you have picked up the phone and called an old friend I urge you to do it. (And email doesn't count!)