Deal With It

This past weekend I spent a lot of time thinking about where I am in life right now. I spent the past 3 years away and didn't keep up with some friendships like I should had and is now dealing with that (get ready, that phrase is going to be used a lot, hence the name of the post). Here are some examples...

Example A: Tim Tackett. A great friend during high school and my first year of college. Went to Passion and stuff and spent a lot of time together. After winter break, found out that he got a girl pregnant and and then married her. Now he doesn't have much time to do anything and when he can, we usually go over to his house and watch tv while the children cry and are loud. He works with some other people that have kids that go to Ridge and they come over so its pretty much a play date for the kids. Example was tonight while trying to watch the Super Bowl, kids were crying left and right. I would have enjoyed the commercials better at my house.

Example B: Broc and Amburr. They got married and have been married for a while but that didn't change anything. I have known Amburr for a while and Broc and me can just pick up from where we left off. Now though they have a kid and live a littler further away. I have only seen them once since being back. They stopped going to Ridge, so I don't get to see them at church any more.

Example C: Shanita. Shanita is probably my best friend from Charleston. We played in the marching band together and was the main person I kept in contact during college. I get back to Charleston and she has moved to Columbia to go to USC. Lame. I have seen her one weekend since being back since she works. I have called her a lot and just chatted but its not the same.

Yeah things have changed over the past 3 years. There are more examples but that would take up so much space. People have found new friends and moved on with their lives. I have come back to life that I left behind and I am trying to put back together and pretend I didn't leave for 3 years. The only problem is that you can't just imagine that the last 3 years didn't exist. It is weird learning how to pick up an old life but with a twist on it. I will say that one person who has been there has been Chris Mims. He just graduated college and he just got engaged but nothing has really changed with that friendship. I can tell him pretty much anything and complain to him and he has seen the change in people just as I have.

Yep dealing with issues like this suck but I must move on and just, well, deal with it.