Friendship. It comes in so many different ways.
You may have worked with them, or known of them while working at the same office, but may not have had a whole lot of interaction with them at the time. Then, something happens, one or both of you lose your jobs (at different times), and somehow, reconnect, giving each other support and encouragement during that difficult period of joblessness. It doesn’t go past that, since each of you have your own full lives, after finding a job (or jobs) again.
Until one day (a couple of yrs later), you finally are able to meet up for lunch, and spend a couple of hours together, just talking, and having a good time, before you go on your merry way, once again. And, you learn a short time later that you have a bit more in common with them than you originally thought, thereby causing an even stronger bond between the two of you.
Time flies by, once again, and each of you gets back into the working rut, and your own hobbies and activities (with family commitments and other friends), always saying to each other: “let’s get together soon”, but due to various reasons, it never quite works out the way you want it to.
Another yr or so, goes by, and finally, finally, you’re able to get together, and its like you just saw them yesterday, the conversation picking up right where it ended the last time you got together.
I’m glad we were able to get together again, even if it was for only a couple of hours, just chatting, catching up, and sharing things you normally keep to yourself, since you just need a close friend who will listen, knowing they will understand, and give you support and encouragement, and their understanding. That is true friendship.
Thank you, my friend, for the gift of your friendship. It may be another yr before we see each other again, but that is ok, I know you are there in spirit, and I hope you feel the same.
Signed, The B.u.g. (Big ugly guy).
