One of the hardest parts of this move has been leaving my friends. I have such an amazing group of girls in Virginia Beach that I miss dearly (including my best friend of 13 years!).
Making new friends is so hard! Beginning a new relationship, though rewarding, can also be a pain in the butt. You have to establish everything from where you grew up to what you like to do for fun. It takes time and effort. If I'm being honest some days I don't even want to put forth the effort; it's too draining.
Thank God for cell phones, email and facebook. Keeping in touch isn't nearly as difficult as it used to be. Sometimes I just want to be with the person, though. Snuggling up with a blanket on a couch and talking for hours seems more appealing to me than typing out my feelings.
I've begun to make some friends here. There are several girls that I'm beginning to connect with, including a mom from baseball and my neighbor.
On those days that I don't want to put forth the effort I need to remind myself that all my close Virginia Beach friends started out as new relationships. I had to put time and effort into building friendships with those girls. It's hard to remember, but they were once strangers.
Lord Alfred Tennyson said, "Tis better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all." I say, "TOTALLY!" My life is better because of the relationships I have. And it's totally worth the effort to make new relationships!
So bring on the strangers; soon they will be amazing friends that I can't imagine not having in my life!
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