I have moved around the USA, quite a bit since leaving home for college.The friends I had before I left and the ones I made along the way, have made everlasting impressions on my heart. I sometimes think that friends are an extension of family in certain ways. There are times when true friends seem closer than family members, and keeping in touch is important. I have family that I have not seen in 20 years, but my friends can not wait that long before having a visit, one way or another.

Keep In Touch

Contact is the key word. There was a time when keeping in touch meant calling on the phone or writing a letter. Now we have this wonderful tool (a computer), and the Internet to utilize when it comes to keeping in touch with long distance friendships. This makes it much easier and can even aid in finding lost (misplaced) loved ones. There are search sites where you can locate just about anybody, anywhere. Check out this link for finding friends who have slipped out of touch.

I believe that it is important to keep in touch with the people you feel some sort of attachment to. It is good for your psyche and it is good for your friends. I know that it always makes me feel good when my phone rings and someone I love, who lives 1000 miles away, has picked up the phone and called me, out of the blue. It just does something special to uplift your spirit. Maybe it is the idea that attachments are not always held together by what we see and do each day. Friendship bonds are held together by the intangible.

Friends Are Forever

Whatever the reason for your friendship and with no reason needed, stay in touch with those people you love, admire and care about. The technology to do so is available, so try to make the best of it. Make yourself feel good, and do the same for your friends. It might take a little effort to stay in touch but actually it is a small price to pay.

The people that you call or have called your friends will always hold a place in your heart that is special to that individual. It does not stop when you become separated. Think about how you can hear a song or eat a certain food or watch an old movie and something triggers some memory you share with somebody who has since moved on.

Just because you are not together now, should not stop you from sharing that memory. That is when I go for the phone and dial up a number. I will usually start up the conversation with a, "Hey!, remember when?..." which breaks the distance barrier and now you have also created a new memory. I have a few good friends that seem to pick up right where we left off even though several years have passed between contact. They are still my friends we just let things stay on hold between visits. Seems like the unimportant hum drum of life is not much of a concern in our friendship, but matters of the heart prevail. Those are my truest friends.