I’m feeling quite warm and sentimental, and I just wanted to share the love! I’ve never been a stuff person. Material things just don’t get me that excited if I’m being honest. But people, and feelings, and all that wussy stuff, that’s what makes me smile, and what I value most. Sadly, they’re also the things that often require time, and gosh, that’s so hard to find.
But it’s been half term, and so the past couple of weeks have been wonderful as I have seen some old but very, very special friends who I haven’t seen for ages. Two different ’sets’ from two different parts of my past. Different, but similar in many ways. They’re the sort of friends who you don’t need to see for what feels like an eternity, but then, the minute that you do, it’s like you’ve been together only the day before.
I’ve always been a fan of the saying ‘Make new friends but keep the old, one is silver and the other gold’ (which I actually learnt at Brownies!) but I don’t think I’ve ever really thought about how important my old friends really are, and how much they influence or have influenced me, even when they’re not around.
So guys -and that’s the two of you, Writer Woman and Your Consultant (and your lovely babies, though I can’t class them as old friends!), and the lovely Hull clan (one of whom is just too hunky and tall these days!) -know that just seeing you meant such a lot, and that your friendship and your love mean so much, even if we don’t see each other much any more.
And to you, oldest friend (and your lovely wife who is now an old new friend), I’ve never seen you more than I do these days…and I love it! You rock too.
And I don’t care if you all think that’s sentimental. It’s just how I feel. So there.