It's been an amazing summer. I've gotten to spend some wonderful quality time with the girls in Cape. I've slept in. I've discovered that I actually enjoy running. (Crazy thought!) And in that discovery, I've managed to lose 8 pounds so far!
I've also had some thoughts about friendship. And love. Mainly relationships in general.
Anyway, on to friendship. I have some great friends. At times, I look at these people I've surrounded myself with and I think, "Wait a minute, how and why exactly are these people friends with me?" I also think that maybe sometimes it's odd that I have so many different types of friends. I have the friends that I've grown up with that are my own age. They're distant now, physically but not emotionally. Then there are my girls from college, also my own age. And then you have the work friends. Not to give the impression that we are only friends at work. That is far from the truth. I'm the baby of that group. And then there are the friends that live close but are younger than me.
For the longest time, age determined who you were friends with. Mainly because of school. I have a difficult time getting away from that mindset. The people that are my own age are all experiencing different stages in life than me. They're married and thinking of families. While having a family is definitely on my mind, I'm a long way from that stage right now. Then the friends that are older than me are all focused on their families. So that leaves me with the ones younger than me, who are still in college and trying to find their way in the world. And honestly that's where I feel I fit in. While the rest of the world my age seems to have it all figured out, I still feel as though I'm stumbling around trying to find my way. Sure I have a job, but I still live a relatively carefree lifestyle, much like a college student. I have to admit, I enjoy it. Do I want to get married? Of course, but I'm rather enjoying myself right now. The thing that bothers me about it is that I don't feel like people understand that. It feels like I'm some sort of oddity because I'm so close with people younger than me.
It seems to me that, really, friendship knows not what age is. Someone asked me once how you make a friend, and at the time I didn't have an answer. I've decided though, that one cannot "make" a friend. Friends blossom out of the circumstances life puts us in. They are not made by us, but given to us by God. We don't have to understand the whys of the friendship, only accept it as the gift that it is. To me, true friendship knows no boundaries.
