Friendship

*courtesy of Google*

I've always been a 'Once a friend-always a friend kind of gal.' I think a lot of it has to do with growing up in the same place my whole life. One of my parents moved around a lot as a child and wanted her kids to be able to grow up in the same place. =)

I learned an unexpected lesson- friendships are forever!!! Think about it. Elementary school, middle school, high school... I didn't have the SAME friends all the way though, but BASICALLY. My friends from elementary school were almost all in the same circle of friends my high school years (minus my *best friend* from elemenatary school, but we didn't stop being friends till well into middle school  when I had made a new *best friend* so it was a smooth transition).

--coming back from the rabbit trail--

I learned growing up to cherish the people in my life. Stay connected. To write letters over breaks so we wouldn't have so much to 'catch up on' when the summer was over. Friendship became about maintaining and strengthing relationships. And I got really good at staying connected with my friends, or at least I think so.

Recently I had to accept a very sad reality. Not everyone thinks the same way I do. Not everyone wants the friendship to last longer than a 'season of life.' I've had to learn to be ok with that. It still seems weird that there were people I shared life with for a couple years who don't respond back to my emails, notes, or encouraging messages.

So the hard lesson college has taught me is this: not all friendships last forever. I was just really blessed growing up with  like-minded friends who valued mantaining friendships as well. 

So instead of counting the loss, I'm counting my blessings! God has really blessed me to get get to know some people for a season. As that chapter of my life comes to a close and the new one unfolds infront of my very eyes I'm tucking the memories in my heart to treasure and moving forward.