reconnect

Oy! I'm failing at this blog-a-day goal.

I'm going to keep them much shorter - maybe that'll help me stay motivated to write them.

So today's post is inspired by my oldest friend, Simona. We met in grade 5 and it was friendship-at-first-sight. Seriously. She came to my school in October and was therefore the oh-so-intriguing 'new girl'. She was a foot taller than all the pre-pubescent guys in the class and looked about fourteen instead of the ten, almost eleven years of age that she was.

Anyway, her seat was near mine and I was always eager to help out the new kids - especially when they were gorgeous girls who looked like they could rule the school by the end of the week (what can I say, I was pretty shallow back then) - so we started getting to know one another. She lived in my neighbourhood, about thirty seconds away from my house, so that was a bonus.

Things got a little strained when my best friend at the time decided she didn't like the new girl and I was forced to choose sides. For about a week, I sided with the current bestie (even though - and Simona will be the first to tell you this, to my everlasting shame - I told Simona we could still be friends outside of school), but when current bestie started really hating on the new girl, I'd had it. So I told her off, chose my new side and never looked back.

Fourteen years later, we're still really close. We only went to school together for a total of nine months out of our entire educational careers, so there've been times when we didn't have a lot of opportunities to hang out, but recently we've been trying to see each other more and it's been awesome. Really awesome.

So, the moral of this post? Well, A: Always stand up for what you think is right because it'll always be the best thing. But also, B: Try to reconnect with someone you've lost touch with. See where their life has taken them, what they've learned and experienced, how they've grown, etc. You probably won't regret it.