Me and Sistah Friend on Friends

MAN!!! Me and Ody talked for almost 3 hours last night!!! YEah, these long stretches between phone conversations will do that. Of course, she had me dying telling me her children stories...(Ody, seriously, you should start writing that stuff down)...

An interesting topic we conversed on was the change in the nature of friendships as we have gotten older. It seems that as time has passed and life has become more complex, the people who may have meant something special in our lives at one point, have changed and moved on...despite our best efforts to remain in touch. It becomes more and more difficult to maintain friendships because many of us now find our attention and energy so divided. Yet, maybe it is because I am still single, I still feel that if you have connected with someone on a deep level, authenticly, then it stays consistent regardless of life and the changes it may bring. Basically, it is when the character or the professed goals of a person changes that friendships change. Does this mean that some folks are more authentic than others? Maybe but I venture to guess that it takes some of us longer than others to reach that "real me" place. Until one gets there it is guaranteed that connections with people will change. And you know what, der ain't nutting wrong wid dat!!!