After an e-mail that I recently received from a friend of mine, I became inspired to write this post. I hope you like it!
Since it
is February (and the month of
love) I thought I would take a few moments to say a little something about the people in my life that I
love. Of course I love God (who is always first and foremost) and then there's my husband (and our cats), my Mom & my Dad, Sister, and Grandparents, even
Great Grandparents (in my case), In-laws, Nephew, Aunts, Uncles, Cousins (cousins' husbands and kids) and last but not least are "our friends". I often stop to think about all of the people I have met on my journey to 25 and almost 3 quarters… and I wonder where some of them have gone on their journeys? Like for example, my old friend Jonathan (who trained me when I was doing my internship at Papernick & Gefsky). We did the same job (messengers) so we ended up hanging out a lot and even hung out outside of work a few times. When my internship ended we attempted to stay in touch. I knew one of his goals was to go to law school and that he wanted to study abroad in Israel (see, we were only 19-20 then so we were still in college). I remember trying to call him a few months later and his brother answered his cell phone and said he was in Israel and he
would give him my message. I never did hear from him. I guess that happens though. I do feel and always have felt that people touch our lives for a reason. So I'm sure there is a reason I was friends with Jonathan for that short 8-month period of time? Anyway, it's like how all of us wonder what happened to the people we went to grade school and high school with. Early after you graduate you're curious because you not only saw their faces day-in and day-out for at least 12 years but you also grew up with them. But what happens is at some point during and after college you start to forget about most of them and may even find yourself not remembering the names you once thought you'd never forget. I'm sure this same feeling happens after 4 years of college. As most of you know, I commuted throughout my 4-year journey so I didn't have that same opportunity to make those kinds of "college friends" that others make.. My point is, we all know that feeling in one way or another. And I really don't think we'll ever stop wondering about those people that touched our lives (even if we can only remember their faces and not their names
or vice versa)… I guess what I'm trying to say is that the cycle never ends. There are always going to be people that come into our lives maybe for a
short period of time or maybe a long one, maybe we'll remember their names and maybe we won't, maybe we'll stay in touch for a long time, maybe not. We have friends that we have known since we were kids (I have one who will always be like a sister to me and I think she knows that - even if we only talk 2 or 3 times a year) and the friends from High School who we will always stay in touch with… same with college…. And then there's work. If you think about it- how many of us at 25, 27, 30, 32 have worked at more than 1, 2, 3 or more places already? And that is the time where I, personally, have made most of my closest friends. Work. Seems strange, right? You always hear people say, "Don't mix business with pleasure" or, "Work friends will never be your
real friends". Just so you know- I don't believe any of that! I have made some of my closest friends at work. Whether they are the ones you just like to go and party with or the ones who you’ve become so close to you feel like you can tell
them anything or the ones that just stick to you like glue where maybe you didn't "hang out" a lot and maybe you don't tell them
everything, but you've shared memories with them and you know that they will always have a place in your heart and yours in theirs -
I have made all of these types of friends. Some of them I still keep in touch with and some I don't really. I'm sure down the road I will unintentionally forget about some of them and some of them I will never forget about. Werid how life works when you actually sit down and think about different aspects of it 'philosophically'?
Anyway, back to the subject.. the purpose of this post is to express my love for all of my friends - old and new - nomatter what kind of friend you are to me, you've touched my life in some way, and therefore, you should know that you will always have a place in my heart. And if you didn't know,
you do now. =)
lam
Don't Laugh! IF you do... Maybe you should ask yourself this question... "What's on yours?" Haha.. Oh, wait... Do you even have one? That's what I thought! Now read on! 
