I just got off the phone from a fabulous conversation with a good girlfriend that I don't see or talk to nearly as often as I should. It totally lifted my spirits! We met at our old job at Melmark, and though we have both moved on since from there we have stayed in touch and are both still in the field of special ed. I often call to bounce ideas off of her about kids in my classroom and a couple of times I have ended up being a teacher to a child she knows or has worked with. I am sad to say I was prompted to make the phone call initially to pick her brain about an eating protocol for one of my students. We ended up spending an hour catching up on all of the good stuff in each other's lives and it left me feeling really revived.
That has been the hardest part of my move. I'm just far enough away from all of my friends that we don't really see each other anymore. And it seems like every time we have a potential date/time to hang out something jeopardizes it. But I feel invigorated to prioritize good girlfriends into my life again. It's so important.
What do you do to make time for your girlfriends?
2 comments:
my best friend for nearly 30 years and i talk every "day or two". thats how we end every conversation. "talk to you in a day or two". sometimes in turns into 3 or 4, but we always touch base. she is married with kids and i am single and child free, but we are bonded beyond that and we always have something to talk about. she listens about my lame dates and i talk he off the "mom cliff" when she feels like jumping. no matter if you have the perfect guy, you have to have your girlfriend(s)!
I don't spend nearly enough time with my girlfriends as I should but lately I've been trying to prioritize them back into my life too. I have a handful of girlfriends but we all have such different lives and it's hard to get together. Luckily we are all in the same town right now so it is easier to get together whenever it is possible. We keep up by texting, facebook, phone, whatever works at the moment. Even if we go a long time without talking it never feels that way and we will always be friends.
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