Mmmm...I just got done watching "South Pacific" starring Harry Connick Jr..
Many of you probably don't know who he is, or at least you don't think you do. He is most famous at this point in time for his role as Leo, Grace's husband on Will & Grace...but he's my favorite actor/singer of all time. You should check him out!
I was thinking tonight about how many people have been such a big part of my life, but aren't anymore. For example, in 7th grade, me, Julie Clakeley, Katelyn Rost, Caitlin Crawshaw, Kat Billinger, Kevin Aufman, Lauren Toth, and Christie Clem were real close. Well, Julie died in 2002, Katelyn is in the "band kids" group, Caitlin is a cheerleader, Kat is doing the drug things, Kevin's a jagass, and me, Lauren, and Christie are still friends. It hurts a lot to know that so many people share such wonderful things with you and then a few years later, just aren't there anymore.
Kat and I were BEST FRIENDS from 4th grade until 10th. We were the kind of friends that would ditch anyone else in the world to be with each other. We experienced everything together. Crushes, boyfriends, dances, skating parties, heartbreak, lonely Valentine's Days, the best trip of my life to California, death, drugs, alcohol, movies, sneaking out, breaking the law, absolutely EVERYTHING. I don't think that any 2 friends I can imagine have ever been through as much as we did, just because of the things we did and the people we knew. But, the summer between 10th and 11th grade happened. We saw less and less of each other. She started hanging out more with her step-brother and his friends, who did drugs. She stopped going to youth group with me. She started hanging out with this Lindsay girl that I hate with a passion. And pretty soon, she stopped calling me. We stopped experiencing all those things together. She met a guy named Brian and I went off with Michael. Brian's now her best friend, and Michael now is mine. I tried calling her over break, but her mom said she was over at her dad's house, which means, she probably never got the message that I called....
...And now, faced with graduation that is rapidly approaching, I realize that so much more of this is about to happen. Sure, my close friends and I will probably keep in contact for a month or two after the summer's over...and then one by one, we'll stop writing, we'll stop calling, because we've found other people and just don't have the time. We'll see each other in the grocery store, six years from now, some telling sad tales about their broken marriages, families, and jobs. We'll see each other at reunions, each year, less and less will come. Some will die, some just unable to come, some just unwilling to pay their old classmates homage....
....What happens to us when we find our own way? Why is it that we lose all that we once had, why can't we grow old without growing apart....?
...Is anyone else feeling the way I do...?