I will always remember 2006 as the year I became used to getting left behind. I guess having several close friends disperse themselves all over the world for a wide variety of reasons (work... family... love...) has taken its toll.
Don't get me wrong, I've never thought the whole "Friends Forever" bull kindergarten children believed in was true or anything. I always knew friendships, relationships in general, only lasted as long as they were, for lack of a better term, convenient... not that they aren't worth every shared laughter and tear so to speak. It can be bliss, but all things must come to an end (somehow good things end a lot sooner). Too soon these kindergarten friends who were vowing to be friends forever one week, find other people who have better toys to play with the next. Then one day, some years later, while having an ice-blended coffee, they see each other and whisper to whoever friend they have at the moment, "I used to be friends with that girl/boy/person."
But lately, I'm starting to think this whole long-term friendship thing could work. Maybe there are relationships that are built on a more solid foundation than those of children's. Maybe the laughter and tears brought about by celebration and heartaches outweigh those by jokes and wounds. Maybe sharing a sandwich at recess just isn't quite the same as sharing life-changing experiences.
Maybe I've just redefined what friendship is to me, but whatever, right?
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