My Sister Once Told Me

I have come home from Texas and New York this summer to work in a plant nursery and it has been a great balm for those things that go bump in the night.  Recently, like most of us traveling the Internet highway, a friend ripped me a new one via email.  I must say that I have had friendships ended in a variety of ways, including email and even a voice mail from my "best friend" about seven years ago.  So, I could use this week's rip and tear via email as a lesson in letting go of the ways people choose to end friendships. 

Other friendships seem to be ending too as I am working weekends and trying to have a day for myself when I get there to wash my sweet car, hang with the dogs, read, sleep on the couch and run like a girl. The other day is a work in progress as my partner and I try to hold onto each other through this retail boot camp of mine. So my chance to commune with my peeps is limited and the natural occurrence of friendships for a season or a reason are real and shedding themselves.  I have my own regrets and yet I know that it is just as well. 

My sister once told me as I was resurrecting from a painful divorce, that "if you want a friend, be a friend."  Outside of my own failings to choose well and be present, I have been just that.  However, I have learned to treat others with the golden rule in mind, even though, they do not always want to hear what I am saying.  I wish my life were different right now and I am ready to move on to other places where I can meet new people and share memories more easily and without so much drama.  Austin beckons and The Barton Springs Nursery.  http://www.bartonspringsnursery.net/

May peace prevail in our lives tonight and may each one of us find a way to let the faster traffic pass on the left without hitting the brakes just to be mean.