Lately, I feel like I am having a hard time keeping up with friends and family. Living far enough away that it is too hard to make a long weekend home but close enough to think about it often... is tough.
I've lost connections to many of my navy girl friends and this saddens me. We were such a tight bunch at one time. And those girl friends from way back in high school are almost a small dot in the past. The past co-workers that became family to me are still present but only barely. It seems for all of them, it's become just an occasional email and a Christmas card each December. Sad.
But even worse, I have learned that someone very close to me, in my own family, had a very scary experience that I just now only heard about two weeks after the fact. It makes me feel very guilty and sad that I hadn't been in closer contact with this person. Sometimes, I get wrapped up in my own little family and what we are doing, and I neglect those outside my immediate circle. I take away from this experience that life can be taken from you in an instant and it's important to keep those whom you love close, always.
2 comments:
You shouldn't feel bad, life does get in the way of keeping in touch with people. Even with the best intentions to do better, every mom out there knows it's a juggling act each day. And anyone friend or family who is upset by that clearly isn't a parent. Or one without kids at home. I could have very easily called you two as well, I didn't. I should have, but life gets busy and the next thing you think is, ehh, it's been two weeks, im fine its old news! But, I should have called... :) love you Nic.
Hey Nicole, I know exactly how you feel and I miss my Navy friends so much. Jeremy is on his second boat, and I was so spoiled by the group that we had in Washington. It is definitely not the same here.
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