Tonight reminded me just how much I miss some of my friends back home and how much I need to cherish some of those old and familiar relationships. This feeling was spurred because tonight I talked to one of my best and oldest friends for the first time in about three or four months. I know that you're probably thinking, "You haven't talked to one of your best friends in that long? What the heck?" But see, Hannah (on the left, and that's a super old picture, by the way) and I have a unique relationship. She's one of those people that I can just pick up with right wherever we left off.
Anyways, I was on Facebook tonight and turned my chat on for the first time in probably three or four months. But for some reason I did turn it on tonight and all of a sudden I got a little chat message from Hannah (yay, technology!).
And for the next three hours we just talked about everything under the moon and caught up with what's been going on in each other's lives. After a few months we both had a lot to share--some of it good, some bad, some happy, and some really sad--but just being able to go back to that. . .that familiar, not having to explain anything or any sort of history to someone and not having to worry about judgement or anything. . . it was just really nice and comforting and I kind of feel peaceful about everything right now.
One thing I also love about Hannah is that she's one of those people who I can talk to about faith and my walk with God without feeling like it's not good enough or inadequate and stuff like that, you know? I mean, she's never hoity-toity about things. And she realizes how fragile things are too, so if you say something that she doesn't agree with, she'll tell you how she feels, but she manages to do it in such a humble and innocent a way that you don't feel like you're being corrected or told off. It's amazing really. And I'm not just talking about when she talks about religion, she's able to do this with any subject.
Anyways, just talking to her made me realize how much I cherish our friendship. I ended up having to run abruptly, but we ended with the promise to talk more often because we've both really missed that. It's Christmas break now, so we're going to get together and just have a catch-up day soon. I'm really excited.
One thing I also love about Hannah is that she's one of those people who I can talk to about faith and my walk with God without feeling like it's not good enough or inadequate and stuff like that, you know? I mean, she's never hoity-toity about things. And she realizes how fragile things are too, so if you say something that she doesn't agree with, she'll tell you how she feels, but she manages to do it in such a humble and innocent a way that you don't feel like you're being corrected or told off. It's amazing really. And I'm not just talking about when she talks about religion, she's able to do this with any subject.
Anyways, just talking to her made me realize how much I cherish our friendship. I ended up having to run abruptly, but we ended with the promise to talk more often because we've both really missed that. It's Christmas break now, so we're going to get together and just have a catch-up day soon. I'm really excited.
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