I'm blogging!

I've never blogged before. I've thought about it a few times, while reading the blogs of some of my friends. What a great way to keep the family caught up, I thought, especially the ones who live out of town, but I just never jumped in and created my own. Why? Who knows. Maybe because it would take too much time, or maybe because I would actually have make some decisions - What would I call it? What colors would I use? What will I put on it? I'm the most indecisive person I know. I thought "who would read it?". Half the time it seems like I can't get anyone to listen to me when I talk, so who'd sit here and read my random thoughts?

But yesterday, I found my friend. Not just A friend, but THE friend. You know, that one person who you were closer to than anyone else. Who never judged you or made fun of you even when you really kind of deserved it. The one you'll never forget. Yeah, THAT friend. We were best girlfriends in junior high. We were together every minute, either at her house or mine. I spent more time with her, than I did with my own family. Till we moved away. She was in Michigan, I was now in Missouri. There was no email then, and long distance was expensive, so we would write letters. We saw each other once or twice, but then eventually lost touch.

Over the years, I'd think about her alot. I'd wonder what she was doing, if everything was ok in her life, if she would ever think about me after all this time. I tried many times to find her again, and finally I did. Turns out she DID think about me, and was doing the same things trying to find me, too. Yesterday we talked, and even though everything is so much different now, it was like nothing had changed at all.

So why am I blogging? Because I want to catch up on her life, see pictures of her kids, keep in touch. I know this time we won't let it happen, but in case something should happen - a move, a new email address, a changed phone number - there WILL be a way for us to find each other.

So I'm blogging now, because I won't lose my friend again.