Good Friends

So I'm sitting here thinking about my weekend and how great it was. The purpose of my trip was to go to the wedding of my best friend from High School. It was so awesome. I got to see some friends from high school that I haven't seen in ages, a bunch of my UBC friends and some old church friends. It was a beautiful and touching wedding. Seeing these two people that I knew from way back in high school finally getting united as husband and wife. I was truely very happy for them. What really touched me was seeing all of her family at the wedding...it really reminded me of how close we once were and how we had drifted apart. I know that we are still good friends and we can count on each other when needed but there was something that just made me reflect on our friendship. We did almost everything together in high school. It was like we were a part of each others families too. Going to all holiday dinners, hanging out at the malls, getting part-time jobs together, doing school work together, baking and going to church. And I guess seeing her family (even her cousins and aunts) and noticing how I didn't know much about their lives showed me that we were no longer a part of each others families and that made me sad. I know this happened over time, but I guess I never really realized it until this wedding day.

There is so much that I don't know about my good friends lives cause we are separated by distance and I haven't made as much of an effort as I would have liked to stay current in their lives. It's strange cause you know to stay in touch with all your good friends yet as time goes by...somehow I have let it slip. Has the tasks and rush of our everyday life made it so that we lose sight of Good Friendships as we feel like they will always be there?

It just really made me realize that I miss a lot of my friends! And for those of you out there reading this (you know who you are), I miss you guys and will catch up soon!