Friendships.

I'm not sure what I'll write about today. We had a beautiful bithday party for our daughter yesterday, and we also had a great time enjoying my good friend Jesse's daughter Aria's birthday party today. It was truly wonderful to see these old friends once again. It was a real great thing to see such good, old friends once again.

It's funny, how time gets away from you.  I realized that for some of the friends I saw this weekend it had been months. Its strange how fast time seems to pass with things like that. especially when you ahve a kid, a job, a house, nd a million other things ot worry about. It's strange how you can just all of a sudden look over your shoulder, and you realize you've been away from your friends for far too long.

It was really refreshing to be able to spek to my friends again about exercise, dubstep music, our kids, our lives, and realize that everyone's doing well. It's good to see such friendships last across time as well. I've always wondered if after a long time friends end up growing apart. People always seem to say that they do. I've only ever experienced my freidnships growing closer over time. As friends go on their own paths, and learn new things away from you, and oyu do the same, the friendship is still there, and it still grows. When you meet again, you' ahve new things to share, a new family you've made, a new accomplishment to share. And that's what grows your freindship.

Stephanie and I often lament our age demographic. We're a young couple, so our friend pool is a little different. We have a hard time spending time with friends from college, as most of them are stillliving a very much "collegiate style" life. We Enjoy spending time with them when we can and its always a blast, but with a child its hard tomake the time to see them, and to enjoy the time we have together. This means that our friend base gets a little segmented, as we spend good qualit time with our child-less friends often on a one-on -one basis, and spend the rest of our time organizing playdates with out child-ful friends. It works out, but it does create quite a time space between us seeing those we care most about.

I'm not quite sure what I'm trying to get to. I'm finding that as I get older, friendships get stronger, and better. Often times these freindships become the foundation of your life. Sometimes as you get older you realize that these friendships aren't made overnight, but take time. they take years to cultivate.

I don;t think I have much more to say about friendships. Old Friends: good to see you all this weekend. Lets hang out more.