You Gotta Have Friends

I was singing that, by the way...think about it.

I keep losing the post that I was working on...dang...here goes another shot to attempt to get back what I lost.

I've been writing about friends a lot recently and surprise, this also is about friends. But without friends, where is the fun in life, right? This is the post I've been promising to write for the past couple of days with a little motivation from 2 old friends.

Over the past couple of days, I have had been blessed to get to know some very intriguing people. I owe all of that to Matthew, for they are all his friends. They all have such a love for life and all of their smiles could light up any room. (Ok, I've been using horrible cliches recently.) But seriously, they are great people and I enjoyed each minute I got to spend with them and look foward to spending more time with them in the future. Before I go any further, I must give a little shout out to Alex...sorry you had to go back to school earlier than everyone else, but I enjoyed the lunch we all had together before you left.

It is interesting to watch how people interact with friends and even more interesting to note the friends that they keep. What is the attraction that draws certain people to other people? I am speaking on a purely friendship/relationship point of view. Why do you choose the friends that you do and why do you keep them around? It isn't just because you have fun together. There is so much more to a friendship than what is just on the surface. For example, in high school I had a friend that I hung out with who knew how to have good, clean, sober fun. We dressed silly and drove around the square, blasting music out of the windows, singing as loud as we could. We had fun. I haven't talked to this particular person since we graduated high school. She was a friend on the surface, but below that, there was nothing. We had no connection to each other beyond both having the ability to have fun without alcohol. (I should say that she only didn't drink around me. So I'm thankful for that and hope that my prescence had some sort of effect on her.)

I have two friends from high school that I still keep in regular contact with - Nikki and J.R. They were my first friends that I made when I moved to Bellville in seventh grade. I should say that my reason for only keeping in contact with two people is not because I didn't have friends, but when you live in a small town, there aren't many people that you have the choice to be friends with. You are friends with some of the people you are friends with because if you weren't, you wouldn't have any friends unless you branched out to surrounding towns which happened sometimes but not often. I wasn't ever much for drama so while my sister took over the friends that enjoyed always fighting, I went with the more mellow people. (I shouldn't say that about Sara's friends. Point is, we ran around with different crowds and mine tended to care a lot less about drama and gossip than some of the other people.) I'm sure I will always be friends with Nikki and J.R. They are good, quality people and I have been blessed with their friendship.

Ok, Ok, Ok...(quick, name who says that). Back to what I was saying...what was I saying? Ahh...so this is really about the new friends that I have met over the past week. How can one person have so many wonderful friends. I thought you were supposed to have like 5 good friends for your entire life...but he can name off 5 good friends in ten seconds because he has so many. "People like [him]." Actually, it might be rather hard to name 5 because then he might be forced to choose and he could never do that. Friends are wonderful and so important for the development of your character. There is something to be said about a person who chooses good friends. You are the company that you keep. I might not know all of you as well as him, but because I know him and he loves y'all, I know y'all are wonderful people. Hugs for you all!