Growing Apart From Old Friends RECOVERED
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Update: 7 bible studies. LOL. So weird how this is happening.
wow! and i have zero :(
good for you, man!
That is really really excellent!
Very cool. You actually popped into mind while we were considering the study article on Sunday. So encouraging!!! :oD
Todd, you're welcome to come and hang out with my friends and I in NYC. There's often things to do here with loads of friends getting together and whatnot. Would you like that?
Cool. Where in NYC do you live? It sounds like it could be fun, but I'm not much of a city person and i'll be honest-my "shelling up" makes it hard for me to do this kind of stuff right now, but maybe we could make this happen at some point. What kind of stuff do you do there?
I live in Staten, but I'm hanging out in Manhattan all the time. I'm under a 10 minute walk to ferry. I go over like usually 4 days a week. Went over last night just to meet up with 2 friends to have dinner. In fact, I just hang out in Manhattan and Brooklyn, and not really here in SI at all. Is it easy for you to get to the City? Is there train or bus to the City from where you live?
Well Todd, you better start loving it. HaHa. Me Garrett and our best friends are coming to the city the end of summer. I am requesting Ian, Mikayla, Todd, Stef and Brandon...plus anyone else too..but you goobers need to come chill with us.
oh nice! we'd love to hang!
Mandie, I'd love to you see you and Garrett. I haven't seen you in like... I can't even put the number on the years. More than 7 years is my guess. I don't keep track of time very well. Let me know what you have planned, and remind me when it's coming up.
Me and Lauren are down.
Me and Lauren are down.
I have a few pics I want to share with everyone. Some of the ones that made me smile.
By xjarius, shot with DiMAGE X50 at 2009-03-04
By xjarius, shot with DiMAGE X50 at 2009-03-04
this one is a classic
By xjarius, shot with Canon PowerShot S500 at 2009-03-04
"hold me"
By xjarius, shot with Canon PowerShot S500 at 2009-03-04
By xjarius, shot with Canon PowerShot S500 at 2009-03-04
once upon a time we were happy
By xjarius, shot with Canon PowerShot S500 at 2009-03-04
great picture! conor looks so little! weird how you don't notice how different little kids look in such a short time.
of course his dad looks different somehow in that other picture, too... lol
I think that picture correctly portrays Kevin - :) LOL
Todd I just want to say how much I appreciate you being there Sunday night. I know it was really hard for you to see my brother again. It was hard for me too! It was the first time I had seem him since before he was DF'ed. We had some really great times growing up and we have a lot of great memories to think back on. What helps me is to think that as long as this system goes on there is still hope for loved ones that have left. I hold out hope for my brother and sister that someday they may realize where to find real happiness. I love you so much! Again, thank you for being there and supporting me.
Let's hang out soon!
Justin, I love you, too, you are my family. Your family is my family. The least I could do was be there for you! I have that same hope for your loved ones, I'm so glad to see they are not bitter. We do have a lot of great memories from growing up, but I hope one day we can have a lot of great memories all together in the paradise. I hope this sad occasion might wake them all up, and get them to act. The ball is in their court.
Toddy don't be sad...just think about the gizzard you found in my parents back yard. and then picking it up with a stick. and then throwing it in the air...it could be worse...you could be that turkey gizzard. teehee.
Hilarious. The gizzard. I love that you bring that up everyone once in a while. Thanks for the smiles, hope you are well. I miss ya.
I think this is the kind of personal sharing Redsweater needs
It definitely isn't easy to step outside of that "shell" when you're repeatedly burned, I definitely understand how that shell can just get thicker over time and become a comfort zone. On the flip side of things it's so encouraging that you haven't let this totally keep you down, FIVE bible studies--Reading that put a BIG smile on my face--AWESOME!!! Genuine/loyal friends really are a great support to.
Hope everything from here on out only gets better for you :o)
xox
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and...
THE HAWK MANNNNNNN
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LOL, 2 of the greatest! Thanks, buddy!
No problem. If you wanna get away to costa rica, lets do it! as i said i want to go long term but due to job that doesnt look possible for a few months. however i have a week i can take april 11-19...if you wanna go for a week i would be dowwwwwwn!!!!
awww toddy! you're the best! im sorry you've been through a lot the pst few years...you still have some great friends here and now and remember just cause some of the friends have been DF'd, doesn't mean they don't love you or think about you. i bet it was just as hard for your friend to see you...and hopefully seeing you and other loved ones will kick his butt in gear to make it back.
just remember you're loved and there are better days ahead!
and you need to come and visit....soon!
awww man! sorry you're feeling that way, buddy. we need to go to the a&p and make'a some'a jokes. i wish i could go on trips too, but i'm poor, so i'll have to hold off.
trips? who needs big trips when we have our small ones: a&p, quigg chegg, and blockbusterb!?
I just need to be willing to do that more often, instead of shelling up. I love ya man, thanks for the reply!
i love you toddy! great post... i want more good times too. I get similar feelings from time to time, all the close friends that just aren't around anymore and how different everything is. it makes me really appreciate the ones that still care about me, like you!
I love you too, Matty. I have a feeling that your "change" will make for our getting together a lot more often, because as of now, it's not enough. We work together, but we often are going in different directions, so we're out of sync. It seems harder to organize things now that you have a life somewhere else. Some of my happiest times in the last few years were those first few months in the house, going to spanish, and the gym, and everything.
I can't wait for the paradise. Jehovah satisfies until there is no more want. Even our best times of the past won't compare to the times ahead in the paradise, and that is mind boggling. Thanks for your prompt response, it helps me to know I've got friends like you that are there for me now.
Awesome post. It's part of growing up, but closing yourself off is definitely never a good thing. You know about the one isolating himself, but somehow you can be involved with a congregation and busy in service and still kind of isolate yourself in the way you're talking about, right? (i'm not being critical just agreeing).
We should definitely hang out ... also, if you want to go to Costa Rica ... man I want in.
Wow, Dan, first response! Thanks, I really feel like its a rant, but, thank you.
It's a strange thing. I've absolutely isolated myself in the past. That turned out horrible. I know better than that, now. Its not that I didn't understand that scripture, but I saw no other way of coping, I was hurting so bad. I avoid that, now, even when I feel like doing just that.
But, yeah, i could be doing so much more with friends and stuff, but I don't want to get hurt. Its easier for me to divert my attentions to other activities so I don't have to feel this way--especially now--I'm especially sensitive right now.
Costa Rica is amazing, and you need to experience it. We've never really HUNG OUT in the past, so we should do that--once I sail through this current sea thoughts and feelings.
let's do it up, my friend. Saturday night is looking highly open, mostly because my wife is having some kind of tupperware party involving items that are not tupperware.
i take offense to this post
curly sue!