Friday, August 3, 2007

You don't know what you've got...

Just a quick thought, inspired by Daph's blog. After this past weekend, renewing the bonds shared with my exchange student friends, we swore we wouldn't let 14 years go by again without getting together, and those of us who are geographically close promised to keep in better touch. What I'm pondering is this: why are we so determined this time to keep in touch? Why do we think it'll be different? I think the answer is, because we're 14 years older than we were when all went our separate ways. I don't think I realized at age 18 what an amazing thing that friendship was, and that I should cherish it. I think I thought I would find other friendships to take its place. I *have* found wonderful friends since being home, and I treasure them, too, but they are in addition to Daph, Darren, Monica and Ismail, not instead of. And I know now how lucky I am to have those four people as my dear friends. I promise to be a better friend this time.

2 comments:

Daphne said...

Aw, ihana! I think you're right. I didn't know that I would never have friends like that again. So now that we're all back in touch, I really want to STAY in touch. I've told a few people at work just briefly about my weekend, and they all give me this really serious look and say, "I hope you realize how lucky you are." And I do!! I know we can't all be bosom buddies all the time, because of distance and whatnot, but we can be closer and we do have something special. So, I'm going to keep those lines (of COMMUNICATION) open. :)

Daphne said...

PS: good job on figuring out how to make a link! :)