Friends...yes, friends - I love them! They enrich my life and bring such dimension to my purpose, my path. Being a friend is such a blessing and a responsibility. Being true friends can be even more challenging when there is physical distance between friends, when those who are friends are not privy to the the day to day bits and pieces of life that build their todays. There is so much of that which is shaping us now, that they have no knowledge of. So the deep conversations that occurred when we shared the same space is now missing in the exchanges that are limited to emails, phone calls, and Skype sessions. Some of these life building details will come out in those conversations, but not nearly as much as when you share the same space; when you have that constant contact and those micro interactions that build our collective todays. I am feeling that distance and loss of intimacy with my dear friends in Green Bay. I have been gone now for going on five months. Yes, we do email, write notes and cards, and call on occasion, but it's not the same. Friendship embraced in immersion in the present is the most connected form. I miss it. I feel the distance and the loss and it does require me to adjust. Yes, I am building new friends in my new home, and yes, they are wonderful, special, and a blessing, but they lack the time and disclosure that is invested in those who you have been friends with for a long time. So the change that comes with retiring and moving to a warmer climate also includes the realm of friends. Absence does make the heart grow fonder and I am looking forward to reconnecting with my dear friends in Green Bay when I go back to visit this summer. So to all of my friends - I love you! For those who are a part of my growing circle of distant friends - I miss you, and am soooo looking forward to seeing you again, until them we WILL stay connected.
With Love
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