January 01, 2003
First Thoughts
As far as first entries go, this particular one will probably not be too stellar, due in large part to the time of the night at which I write it. For the last 4 or 5 days, the earliest I've gone to bed has been 2am. But for every single one I have been up late spending that time with friends. I'll probably introduce you to some of these friends later on, but for now, I'm just struck by how many really good friends I've had over these 30 (or so) years of my life and equally as struck by how many of them I've completely fallen out of touch with.
I remember hearing a speaker at a meeting or conference I attended once describe how she dealt with the parting of her friends...
She'd say to them something like "Lori (or whomever the friend might be), I want you to know that I probably won't be able to write to you or call you or e-mail you regularly once you move on, but I promise with all of my heart that we will be able to pick up right here, exactly where we're leaving off the next time we should happen to see each other." And, you know, I feel that's true for my friends of the past, too... I just wish I'd had the chance to saw that too them.
I suppose that among my classmates and other friends, I'm probably one of the easiest people in the world to track down. I advertise my identity plainly on my website... these days, almost to my peril, but still, I wonder how many of my old friends have found my site and felt like I wouldn't remember them or wouldn't want to talk to them. I wish I could let them know somehow. Maybe this entry will be found by some of those old friends and encourage them to say 'hi'... and for my friends today... the ones that I live with and play games with and go out with and praise God with... I want you all to know that you mean very much to me, I'm sorry when I fail to get in touch as much as I might, but you all have a special place in my heart.
As I set out on this two-week experiment in blogging, I hope that I might have some of these friends dropping by... hello to you... I'm glad you're reading. I hope that I'll be able to keep up with the two week-commitment and provide some insights into my life and some of the new perspectives and priorities that I'm gaining. Well, I have a lot of things that I could write about, but I don't want to burn myself out to early and create expectations that will keep me from posting over the next few days... I'll explain "why" I'm doing this in a future entry.
God Bless, and have a good New Year!
Posted by Andrew at January 1, 2003 02:51 AM