I've been thinking about all the people that I use to know lately, especially those from high school. I have one person that I keep in touch with from my past (my best friend from my youth group) I've blogged about her before. We manage to call each other every little whip stitch and get caught up on each others lives. We've never lived in the same state since I moved away in 1992. We've both bounced around for a while but we always manage to find one another again.
I have another friend that I was friends with since grade school that I can not find now. I wish I could I'd love to get caught up--but she's just gone for now. The weird thing about it is as I was thinking about all these people from my past this week, I had a difficult time remember names of people I went to school with my whole life. How do you forget names of people you knew K-12? I guess in many ways when I moved away I was looking for a fresh start and I didn't intend to remember them. I don't know how different or not different it will be for my kids when they grow up. I don't know if I'm the normal or the abnormal when it comes to keeping in touch?
I guess I also have to admit that for me I was thin in high school and a part of me is so ashamed of getting fat right out of school that I didn't want to give them a different image of me either. (Wow talk about being honest.) I know realistically we all have weaknesses. I wish that I could hide mine better. I've never been good about hiding things.
Since this has taken a turn I'm going to close with this thought. I wonder how many people have forgotten my name? I wonder how many remember me? I wonder if cyberspace will help me reconnect or at the very least stay connected to those that I know and am close to now? As dust or forrest or someone on dust's blog pointed out--that was what this was all about originally, right?
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Yeah, staying in touch was a large part of why we originally did this (I think).
I am absolutely horrible at keeping in touch with people. I have one friend who I was very close to when I was in junior high who I could easily contact if I would just take the time to do so. I'm just too lazy to make it happen.
Also, as an aside, part of what has kept me from contacting some friends from my past is that I feel an obligation to communicate with other friends from my past not to leave anyone out. Deep down I know I need to get past this. That's me being honest, though. :)
I have been thrilled to find so many of my college friends online...and we really have been able to keep in touch more this avenue of internet-communication.
I am amazed at the deeper level of friendships that have grown since college. I am surprised at some of the friends that were closer then are not responding to my efforts nowadays.
I had felt like a social failure in terms of not keeping in touch with friends from high school/college. Myspace has helped in that area.
I am ashamed to go back to EU homecoming because I haven't done more with my accounting degree.
I've moved around so much, I don't have anyone I talk to from high school. I still keep monthly contact up with a close friend of mine from college in Cedar Falls IA. The blogs help me stay in touch with everyone in KC.
Staying in touch is a challenge. I think you have to be choosie. I mean there's everyone your curious about and then there's people you really want to continue knowing.
I have a friend who recently got looked up by a serious (engaged) x. She said they have very different memories of what happened back then. Very interesting what you find if you poke around back there.
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