Lasting Impressions

My friendships make up one of the most important aspects of my life. Along the way new friends have been made and others have faded into the past. Yet, all of them have touched my life in some way. I have numerous memories from my childhood of eating red hots until our mouths had burns with one friend and roller skating through a church in the middle of the night with another. You’ve read about my college friends, friends that I can be completely goofy with, friends I’ve tried to reconcile with and what happened when a friendship ended. I’ve been thinking a lot about my friendships lately – the ones I can count on unconditionally, the friendships that have helped me grow and learn, the friendships that are no longer. Every single person I have ever called my friend has made a lasting impression on my life. Some were only in my life a short time; others have been with me for years. Some friends I have known since grade schools, others I have never met, and regardless they are my friends.

I’d like to hear about your friendships. What made them stronger, what ended them? How do you celebrate your friendships? What are your favorite memories from childhood friendships? How do you define friendship? How do you deal with hard friendships? Simply anything you want to talk about regarding friendships. What do you think? I would like to start a series (I’m thinking of calling it Lasting Impressions) that will be posted every Friday with your stories. Friends are something that we all have and we’ve all dealt with. A few of you have already volunteered, please send me your email addresses, leave me a comment, or send me your posts and I will schedule a Friday post for you or let you know when I would need your post. Please spread the word and hopefully after several weeks we will have a successful series.