I don't know how many of you have friends from years past, that you haven't talk to in ages, or haven't been keeping up with all that regularly, but I realized I have a lot. By a lot I mean a shit ton. haha. Anywho, skipping some of the gory details, a lot of these friendships were left in various states. But recently many people have contacted me or I've run in to them or some strange and divine occurrence has happened and bam I'm talking to them again.
For instance, my closest friend from elementary school, Chandler Laroff contacted me just last week, it's been odds on probably 10 years, it was unbelievable, all things he'd done, and some of the misfortunes, but it was great to hear from someone that you shared so much of your life with back as kids. I think I directly owe all my geeky-ness to Chandler.
I also recently ran into my good friends Billy and Jonie, I went over to their house and we had dinner, played some awesome Hand and Foot action, genuinely had a good time. It almost felt like the friendship had aged, not in the sense of decay, but in the sense of a fine wine, it became more refined, dignified, respected, and cherished. Because all of us knew that people come and go, but the people that love you always find a way to stay. It was good to catch up, to hear about their lives, to be back in, for a brief moment, the complex life of a friend. Realizing that God had intertwined your lives for your benefit. It was a reverent experience, one that I hope to not soon forget. I feel like Billy and Jonie always encouraged me to follow my heart, and things hadn't changed, they were excited about the new phase in my life, and the places God was going to take me. I love all the friends that surround me, but I've really missed older friends (by older I mean in age). It's nice when other people have the answers sometimes :P.
And finally the biggest unexpected reconciliation is with my friend Kevin, we saw each other last on New Year's of this year. So not to long by my other friends standards, but for Kevin and I we were inseparable, so time has a magnifying effect in this instance. We were ignoring each other for a variety of reasons, most of which I can't share, because of trust, but needless to say there were quite a few reasons. But on Tuesday of last week he called me and asked if we could go to dinner. So I hastily agreed, I had wanted to call to do the same, but could never get the courage to step up. So we went to dinner and it basically became an apology session, neither of us wanted our friendship to continue how it was going, and really had missed each other. It was a great night, one I'll remember. If the time ever comes to reconcile again, it will give me more courage about the love that is shared amongst friends and it's importance.
Old friends seem to remind us of where we come from, they return us to the place of when life was "more simple" maybe even happier, but really old friends are a reminder that all things can decay, all things can be destroyed, but true love for another is eternal.
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