My first tag! Friendship Meme
Heard about it, read some of them, hoped for one. And now Cate at 18 Years and Counting has just granted my wish and tagged ME in her first meme. And so I, like her, I feel obligated to do make sure I do it. :)
1. Have you had the same friends since childhood?
No. That would be challenging. Being an "army brat", I moved around every 2-4 years since birth through to university, and then again from university to the grown up world of full time employment. I had one or two good friends every place I lived, but always lost touch. My one consistent friendship over the years has been with Eileen, with whom I went to high school for 4 years, then university for 4 years, and then she moved to Vancouver and I moved to Seattle so we see and call each other every so often (ok, like a couple times a year :-)). When we get together it's like lots around us has changed but we are still who we are. I still know her. She still knows me. True friendship. It's been 23 years, we've known each other. That's amazing. Since starting to blog and hang out on various social networking sites I've also been able to connect with some of my very closest high school friends that I had lost touch with after graduating. It's been nice to reconnect and hear about what's been happening in their lives, and see them succeeding with their careers, dreams, families!
2. What do you value most about your friends?
That they accept me for who I am, and that they are the most tolerant, respectful, open minded people that I know. And that they each have their own passions, interest and knowledge. Some of them overlap with mine, and some are different and it's fun to learn about those things. And I value that we're able to share experiences and issues and that they're there for me to listen to me and care about me, and would never think to judge me.
3. Are your friends your sounding boards?
Yes, most definitely. I try and spread the pain grief wealth around so as not to make anyone person completely insane. And I have a therapist for that really truly icky you're-damnedno-matter-what-you-say-or-dont-say stuff (y'all should definitely thank me for that ;-). And a husband, my very best friend, for when that stuff is even too much for me to say to my therapist (and he still loves me and wants to stay married to me :-)).
4. What is your favorite activity to share with your friends?
Eating, drinking wine, watching our kids play relatively indepedantly with each other with only occasional intervention needed.
So, here are my tags.... you're it, dorks!
My sis, Sarah, at saedigh.com. She knows my good, bad, and ugly. Oh boy, does she know my ugly. And hasn't used any of it against me. I love her so much!
Jen at Jen Frankel's Zugunruhe, My best friend in 9th grade, who got me hooked on Sci Fi and Fantasy books, and David Bowie, and got me through my worst year of high school ever: the first year. I did NOT want to move that summer, and she is the reason why. I connected up with her again just this year over the internet. Gotta love the internet!
Janel, at BugginYou.org where Buggin is Lovin'. A bouquet of flowers and a shit-for-brains ex-boyfriend brought us together. Our friendship lasted many years longer than the ex-boyfriend ever did. So did the Jesus Candle and the frozen Strawberry Daquari mixes. She's also the one who first introduced me to Tim, so I owe her my gratitude there :-)
DAE at noise-to-signal for being the friend that keeps the rest of us all coming together on Friday nights and for his beautiful art - both food and photography.
and of course, my husband Tim at crappymusic, for being my very best friend in the whole entire world, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness, in health, forever.
So I think all y'all that I listed have to something similar now on your blogs, if this is how it works. And spread the love and friendship even further!
Comments
Hey YOU! Catching up on the bloggy world. Happy friends!
Posted by eJuana on November 7, 2008 10:30 PM.