Long-term friends

This #thankyouthursday, I’m grateful for long-term friends.

I feel so fortunate to have multiple people in my life who have been my friend for 20+ years. That kind of history and foundation allows for a relationship to stay strong, even when there are lapses in communication.

Even when those lapses last for years. (Specifically, say, two pandemic years.)

I also have a couple relationships I consider long-term even though they are relatively new, and I am grateful for those, too. With my newer long-term relationships, we have more potential than history, but the foundations are strong, and the comforting sense of surety remains the same: This person sees me entirely, and this person plans to stick around.

What a blessing, to be entirely seen and accepted, day after day, year after year. Through periods of near-daily contact, and through times of absence. During joyous celebrations, and while times are rough. When our circumstances are similar, and when they drastically differ.

Long-term friends are a quiet hum in the background of my heart, assuring me they care. And like the sun on a cloudy day, whether or not I see them, I know they are there.

Love > fear,
Christina

p.s. I’m not telling you what to do, exactly, but you might want to forward this to a long-term friend. I’m sure they’d love to hear from you.