Note: This was originally written on February 8th, 2010
Last week, I was laying in my bed with nothing to do (I wish I could say the same this week) when i decided to text a bunch of friends and see how everybody was doing. I went out messages to 20 people. Most of them eventually responded. I carried on conversations with them for a while. It was good to hear from people after such a long time. Some of my conversations were starting to die down. Then, my phone rang.
I looked at my my phone to see who was calling and was thoroughly surprised to see Nolan Hancock's name on my screen. Nolan and I met in sixth grade and were such great friends all through school. Unfortunately, we both got super busy at different colleges and hadn't really talked since the end of last summer. I was so excited to hear from him. We got to talk for a while about school and how life in general was going. He caught me up on everybody back home. It was so great to talk with him again. We spent 7 years together. He was a big part of my school life. We were a lot closer than either of us would admit. It felt good to talk to him again.
So what's the lesson in this? Don't let school or distance get in the way of staying connected with friends. And if you do, fix it! Those connections are so important. Don't let them fade away.
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