Life Is Good

Things here in the NE are going well. I have a clean bill of health, My family is healthy and happy, and all is good with my world. I just got back into Myspace this past weekend, and right off found an old friend that I haven't talked to in a very long time. Thank goodness for those folks who developed Myspace and Facebook. I have gotten to reconnect with friends from high school, and people I haven't seen in 25 to 30 years. I have found long lost relatives, and even some people I really wasn't looking for but found anyway. As I get older, I realize that there were some folks who really had an impact on my life. At the time we were friends, I never thought of them that way. It's only with age and some new found wisdoms that I happen to realize just how much they meant to me. Maybe it's the distance of miles and years. Since I moved to New York, I have found myself looking to my past to reconnect with family and friends. I moved to a place where I knew NO ONE, and found my self longing for familiar faces. It was a hard choice to make, leaving everything that I loved and was "home" to me. But, after 10 years, I wouldn't have made any other decision. Yes, I left family, friends, familiarity, but I gained so much. I have made new friends, I have my own family now. I still long for contact with those old friends and family members I left in California. It's so nice to have people in my life that have known me since the first grade and are still my friends. I have friends that I met after I graduated high school, that had nothing to do with my school years that have remained friends after all these years. There are "family" members, who, although we are not related by blood or marriage, are still family and have been there for me through the years. When I was younger, I used to say I didn't have "friends". I just had acquaintances and family. Now, I know I was wrong. I have friends is the truest sense of the word. I want to thank you all for sticking by me, through thick and thin. For forgiving all my short comings and remaining my friends thru the years. You will never, ever know how much that means to me. Thank you, thank you, thank you! For everyone reading this....embrace the people in your life. Hold them close. Always tell them how much they mean to you. Never take them for granted. Even though you may argue and fight, or drift apart, and go your separate ways. True friendship will endure. It will be there when you need it, no matter how long it's been. With that thought... have a great day!