as snow and i sipped our lemon, lime & bitters and nibbled on our herb bread tonight, we talked about many things.
one of these things was friendships. and about our circle of friends. well, we don't really have a circle of friends anymore. and we were thinking about how sad that is. our circle has disbanded and moved on to join other circles, or start their own. it wasn't a negative disbandment - it just happened because that's how life goes. it's nice to look back and see how much we all did together - especially when we were always at jeremy's house or up at the church. and we all keep on friendly terms - but there's no active pursuit of maintaining the friendships we had, in many cases.
we talked about how some people are lifelong friends and others aren't. how with some people, no matter how infrequently you may see them, you'll always have things to talk about together. but how with others, the less you see them, the less you have to talk about. and how that's a strange dynamic.
we talked of relationships - i often find myself ending up in conversations about marriage, especially with snow or phil. we talked about our married friends. we talked about our own marriage prospects - and both our needs to be patient with our partners as we wait for proposals. we talked about babies - particularly as one of snow's friends is unexpectedly pregnant.
it was good to catch up.
Category: ReminiscencesSomeone (don't remember who but they must have been wise) once said "some friends God gives us are for life and others are just for a a season"
Posted by: Fi at April 22, 2004 03:17 PMi think i would pay that - it's sad though sometimes to look back and see people who have come and gone.
Posted by: jen at April 22, 2004 04:15 PMYeah it sucks when people slowly fade away from your life! But I know I am often guilty of being so caught up reminiscing and mourning what once was that I miss out of fully realising what terrific people God has in my life currently for a season!
Posted by: Fi at April 22, 2004 09:17 PM