TGIF

     Things in my life have been all over the map this week emotionally and physically.  I was so distracted that I already forgot a homework assignment - for the second week of school!  Having to commute to school every morning at 7:30 a.m. in order to get a decent parking space even though I don't have class until 12:30 p.m. is highly frustrating  and exhausting, and driving 40 minutes to work every day this week can make your head spin.

     Something that I have always had a hard time with is keeping things in perspective.  I have trouble prioritizing and recognizing what is truly important in the moment.  As I've mentioned in a previous post, change does not come easily to me.  I grew up in a small, majority Caucasian, Roman Catholic town where every ounce of change was fought, tooth and nail (more about my small hometown in another post).  So when change happens, it is met with quite a bit of resistance on my part.  

     In the moment, it seems like the end of the world, but in retrospect, I usually end up hitting myself in the forehead with my palm.  Often times I get distracted or caught up in the whirlwind of it all; I forget that change can be good and life goes on.  It reminds me of that saying: "It may be storming now, but it can't rain forever." Friends come and go with the seasons sometimes. That isn't always an easy thing to accept, especially as someone who doesn't trust very easily.  In some cases, you grow apart or stop talking; sometimes there is something that happens and you are unable to ever see that person in the same light ever again.

     I suppose what I am saying is that like in so many other ways, I am still learning about friendship.  I'm still learning how it grows, how to care for it, and how sometimes, against our best efforts, it simply dies.  I'm still learning and stumbling through these teenage years, but I'm still "truckin' along".

     Give your best friend an extra squeeze today and have a wonderful Friday.