Do you ever miss people? But feel like you should be passed missing them. Maybe like you are being abit childish for still missing them. But love the memories and experiences that you had with them. It is possible that paths are always cross and sometimes were only meant to be in our life for a but a moment. But I still continually think of all different people from all different times in my life.
My childhood neighbor Travis. We were best of friends at the age of 4 years old. I would ride my bike down to his house and we would play and swim and hang out for hours.
My childhood neighbor Kat. We had a girls club and our club house was in the front bushes of my house. (Sounds weird, but it was actually pretty great.) Kat's family would always have great summer parties and we would play night games for hours with lots of the kids from school.
My 5th Grade Bestie. I was so intrigued by her and her Swedish Dad and Mexican Mom. I never knew what was being said in her house, and I loved it! Maybe this is were apart of my desire for travel started.She just lived up the street from me and I started watching Beverly Hills 90210 at her house. That is until my Mom realized what I was disappearing and watching every week at the same time.
My Middle School Besties. Ahh, there were some epic summers. We were good kids. But we also knew how to have fun. And we knew how to hide someone when it was necessary!
My 8th grade Walk-Home-Buddies. We would walk the 5 blocks from middle school to my house, as it was first, together. We would laugh and talk about the day together. Adam and I had a bit more history together as we went to school together from 2-12th grade. And there is one particular experience from Senior year that Im grateful for. He was a kind soul.
My High School best friends. There was a group of us. We hung out for two years. Most every weekend. Most lunches. Summers. We were together. Of course there was some drama. But what high school group didnt have drama. There are days that I miss driving down in Megan's mom volvo with the windows down and the music blaring. And Im sure we watched Top Gun about 100 times.
My Plano Church friends. Im so thankful for the oh so many of us. Whether it was the kids in my congregation or the others in the area, that made high school fabulous and easier for me. Its taken moving to areas with such few LDS kids in the area that I realized how good I had it during such important years. So many good kids to help remind me of the good things in life. Miss all those.
My freshman roommate. I miss her nicknames. Her enthusiasm. Her love. We went on lots of road-trips together and she was the best DJ a girl could have. And that was back when CDs were the main source of musical enjoyment and so she would always ride with our huge CD albums on her lap.
My Ricks and Disney friends. We had a tourism class together, and went off to Disney together. Loved my class with the husband. Loved my Pizza nights with the wife when the husband was working late.
My Senior year roommates. We played football together, and had went to Spring Training together. Miss our girl chats with our FHE brother that would come over specifically for girl chat. Ahh. And Tim McGraw.
My dinner/movie buddy. During college, I could often be found dining and enjoying life with my buddy. He was my devils advocate in a time when I needed that more than anything. he helped me learned so much about me, and for that he will always hold a special place. I was lucky enough to cross paths with him during my Manhattan days, and he got me through some hard times.
My Brookline roommates. They are much more like sisters to me. Singing goodnight in a different language. Concerts. Snow storms. The stories that only could be told in the "guy voice."
My Cambridge roommates. Sitting around in the living room enjoy the Sunday, laughing, cooking, working, watching movies. Chips and Salsa, Large Diet Cokes, and laughter.
My forever best friend. Or atleast the person that I thought would be my forever best friend. I miss us. But Im so thankful for having the memories and all the things between us. But the end of the forever best friend has also helped me to be a better person. I have learned so much. Just hope that some of those walls arent made of stone.
Im so grateful for those mentioned and those not mentioned but are still in my heart. I really have crossed paths with SO, SO many wonderful people. When I look back at the years I have under my belt, its about the people that you have made memories with. Excited to see what more memories and people the future holds.
