Thought for the day - a sense of community

Some things that seem to go in waves throughout my life are the different communities that i find myself a part of.  Growing up, i had the kids in the neighborhood and my friends at church.  In college, i had my BFA class and the girls in the graduate class of 1998.  After college, i had several different circles of friends.  And, of course, when you work for a company for 16 years, there's a definite community there.  In my part time job now, we are definitely an eclectic bunch who always have each other's backs.  Each time, i made friendships that will last me for the rest of my life.  And it is always such a pleasure when someone from one of those communities pops back into life.  True friendships are few and far between and when i really look at my friendships, i realize that i am blessed with a great many of them.  Friendships to different degrees, of course, but true friendships none the less.

This past year in college i began building a new community....my social work peeps.  The longer that the year went on, the better our connections have become.  i made a very good friend in Hannah.  We were partnered in 2 different classes and, at least in my opinion, became good friends.  i told her on the last day of one of our classes that she was stuck with my for life now!  My friend Tatiana and i had 2 classes together last semester and we have the same sense of humor.  We can share a glance and know what the other is thinking.  These are people i will know for a long, long time.

And this week i had 2 different people from my swk class come into the bakery.  It was great to see people outside of class.  But, it was also great to feel like i had an ally there.  And you learn about each other.  Both girls who came in were with their significant others and it was nice to finally put faces with their names.  We all talked about our classes and how we'd done.  Today, Paradise and i were talking about us walking together next spring and it brought such a sense of satisfaction to me.  We've all worked so hard for this and it is going to be an amazing time when we graduate.  And even though, with both women, we talked about class, it was nice to know that i was talking to a friend.  That is the best ever.

This song has been in my head a lot.  Yes, it is on the sentimental side and if you were a Baptist youth in the 80's you could not get away from this song LOL  But, i sing it a lot in my head these days thinking about all of the friends from my past, the ones in my present and the ones yet to be made.

Cheers