I have one best friend who I have known since the fifth
grade; and up until this day can count on my fingers how many times we had
gotten into legit disagreements. We are like sisters; I can trust her with
anything and everything I have. Over the last thirteen years we have grown up
into successful adults, through elementary school all the way through our
college years, we have done it all together. The hardest point in our
relationship was when she left for college in San Diego. This was a big change
for the both of us because we did almost everything together. Knowing we made
many investments and a strong bond over the years made things a lot better. We
talked on the phone, made weekend visits to each other once a month, and of
course text messaged each other 20 times a day. The point is, whether we were
near or far, no matter the distance nothing ruined our friendship we had built.
The book describes how geographic distance is one of the hardest things in a
relationship, not to mention the hardest to sustain. However, despite the
separation we learned different things about our friendship we never knew and
took it to a whole new level—a mature level and survived the distance. We will
always remain friends, “friends of the heart” and “friends of the road” (Woods
264).
I envy the fact that you and your friend remained close and strong even though you guys are separated. I know how it feels to have such a big change like that with a friend. I have a friend who I spent most of my senior year with and we did everything together. We had gotten so close that whole year and the summer after that, that when she moved to Sonoma State for college, I felt really lost. We try to maintain our friendship even though she's three hours away, but sometimes we are just far too busy and caught up with our own lives wherever we both are that we fail to do so. Your post just made me want to call her up and really catch up with her. Also, to make it a habit to do so at least every week or so.
ReplyDeleteThis post was great! It really hit home for me because my best friend who I have known for a while now was attending college with me and also just moved to go to a college in San Diego. The dynamic of the relationship has definitely changed and although we don’t see each other as much we still know how important the friendship is to us. It is a matter of the heart like you said. True friendships withstand any amount of distance and time because the bond is that strong and long lasting. I hope that this only bring you guys closer!
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