Jun
Our friendships are the patchwork of our lives, I for one can recall the best and worst times in my life and I always had good friends at my side.
As a woman I define myself as a daughter, mother, entrepreneur, mentor and friend. I often ponder thoughts on friendship because my personal friendships have always been an integral part of my life. I am blessed to have a continued friendship with my high school gal pals for the past 35 years. I was filled with glee when my friends were there to celebrate the happiest times in my life and there to hold my hand and let me cry following the death of my husband. Yes, my friends have truly created this patchwork I call memories.
I now wonder how we have gotten to a place in life where we sacrifice real face time with our friends for social media interactions on facebook and twitter? In some ways the technology of connecting with old friends and making new friends is an amazing medium, we meet new friends and follow our other friends instantaneously without leaving our desk. But even with all the advances in technology I continue to ask myself have we given up the time to actually meet friends in person because we’re too busy and now social media is easier?
We women need friends for physical and emotional well-being and I for one don’t get all my nurturing needs met through social media. I miss my girlfriend time and look forward to getting together in person. If you’ve been lured into the facebook routine perhaps its time to reconnect with your friends for some in-face time, create some rituals that will be fun to commit to such as monthly night out, or once a year commitment to meeting a great friend who lives across the country reconnecting someplace in the middle for a weekend of fun.
Sometimes friendships fall apart despite the efforts to stay connected, I wonder if this simply is the ebb and flow of life, like the saying goes “sometimes people are with us for a reason, a season or a lifetime.”
