never lose touch with those who matter

...I’ve been fortunate enough to rekindle a few contacts from the past, and have a couple dear reunions that I am looking forward to, that I couldn’t be more grateful for. I feel like I am doing very well with this of late.

i spoke today with one of my favorite instructors from when i was doing the military thing. it was really great to catch up with her, just to see how things were going.

My aim is to send a text a day to someone I haven’t spoken to for a while, an email a week to someone I miss, and post something once a month.

I figure – I love getting texts, emails, and things in the mail, so probably everyone else does too!

I received an email the other day from a couple whom I befriended during my time in Ottawa, and have found that they lived their dream and moved to BC! It was gratifying to hear that some people make it together like they should, -and money does not have to be an obstacle to reside somewhere you love.

ha ha, hassle-free

anyway, i sort of just felt like everything was falling apart for me the other day, got some bad news by proxy, and was trying to keep too many balls in the air yesterday, and then, like some kind of crazy hassle-free dream, a very good friend of mine who i never see, and don’t speak to enough, answered my very wish and started chatting with me. psst. she seems like the sort of person who might get a kick out of something like this, so if you are reading this, -thanks!

just made plans to visit Ottawa with a good friend who I am now living apart from. So very excited. I should stop spending money i dont have though.

I think i may have already failed at this one. for some reason, a dear friend of mine, no longer seems interested in talking with me or seeing me any longer, despite my occasional reaching out. its hard, and really strange, i always considered her one of my best friends, who had a fresh perspective and compassionate ear all the time. now, all of a sudden, its like she’s totally gone off the face of the earth. i dont know if its something i did or said, but i cant imagine why she would so suddenly vanish. its hard to be angry simply because its so confusing, and i dont know that i could ever be angry with her, but it does have me disturbed.

I’ve found that those who really matter are those to whom you really matter. Don’t waste your time trying to reach out and touch those who don’t reach back.

I’ve just graduated from Pensacola Christian College, and it’s with mixed feelings. Most of my friends are underclassmen, and even those graduates I was close to are scattering back across the broad face of the planet (we have a large international student demographic). Thank God for email, but it’s still going to be hard to keep in touch. Well, it’s what I’m going to set out to do, anyway.

The key to never losing touch is never being unreachable. “As much as lieth in you,” disseminate and re-disseminate all your contact info, and keep old lines of contact connected to you via forwarding and who knows what else as long as possible. In our information age, this is sometimes made easier, and sometimes harder, but it is rarely impossible (just frightfully expensive).