A friend who moved away

I talked to a friend last week, more specifically a best friend.  Her and I have similar stories and it's always great to catch up.  Unfortunately, we do not get to see each other often [rarely] but we keep in tough through email and Facebook.  Even though our homes are only eight hours apart, our schedules make it nearly impossible to fly to one another.. or drive. 

Sadly for her, she meets new people on a regular basis [being in the military] and people leave her life monthly.  Some get stationed somewhere else and some go on deployment.  She mentioned that it's hard to have "good" friends when they are always leaving [meaning long time friends] or that you know your time together is limited.  My response to her was that, "they will always be good friends!  Look at you and I, we're best friends and we live 8 hours a part and maybe see each other twice a year."  She agreed, just that she wishes she saw Emry and I more [something I wish as well!]  Our babes would be best friends too! 

The point is that we all have friends who move away or people in our lives who move on with their own lives.  It's part of life!  If you have a friend who moves away, it takes time and effort to make that friendship last.  No matter how long you go without talking, you should be able to pick up where you left off. 

That's what I love about my friends - we all understand that we live busy lives but that we support each other 100% in all the choices we make [under reasonable circumstances of course ;)]. 

For example, I saw a friend from high school for the first time since 2005 last week.  It was great.  It was like no time had passed by - we picked up where we left off.  To me, that's how you know you have a good friend.

Friends are a necessity of life.