It has been said that every 7 years you change friends
because you reach different stages in your life. I arrived in Phoenix on July 4, 2007. It has almost been 7 years since I first
arrived here. During my 7 years in the
state of Arizona, I completed my Master’s degree and most of the friends I have
were made because of my coursework. One
by one I have witnessed them start new adventures and I feel like it’s time to
close that chapter on my life.
They are
wonderful people and I made many fond memories with them during the past 7
years. We all lived so far away from
our families that we celebrated holidays together. We even had the honor of celebrating
Thanksgiving with a few of our professors one year. I was with them every weekend and often
throughout the week. Game nights, movie
nights, dinner parties, piñata’s, baseball games, road trips, hiking, pool parties
and the list can go on and on. My
scrapbooks are filled with amazing memories that I am very thankful for. I rarely stayed home on Friday night.
Many of them have moved away. A few have decided to start a family. One of them has left education to pursue
other interests. Three of them are relocating out of state in a few weeks. I feel displaced when I
am with them. I used to feel so close
to my friends and now we all sit in the same room and have nothing to talk
about. We no longer have that common thread
of classes to talk about so we all feel like strangers.
I suppose
it’s time for GOD to place new people in my life. It’s been almost 7 years since I arrived to
Phoenix. I have made a few friendships
with people at my school, but those I am close to are leaving at the end of the
school year. I don’t anticipate those
friendships will continue once summer ends.
I am not sure what GOD has up his sleeve, but I am sure it will be a
wonderful blessing for me. I think it
is a new season for me.
“There is a time for everything, and a season for every
activity under heaven”.
~Ecclesiastes 3:1
~Sunny :D
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