Friendship

Recently we've met up with quite a few friends from uni days (which seem so long ago and far away now) and it's got me thinking about friendship. You see, some friends from uni live near by and we see them quite often, others I seem to be in touch with through facebook. But on facebook you know what they're doing and you might know about the events of their lives but are you still friends? Would we be able to meet up and have things to talk about without feeling akward and uncomfortable?

Whereas some friends it seems to me might live far away but every time you see them, there's loads to talk about, you still care about them and are glad when they're happy and sad when they're sad - I like those kind of firends and am very grateful for those friendships. I just wish I saw them more often!
I also have friends from pre uni days who I see very rarely but ity's nice to see and there are friends from that time who I've lost touch with which I feel sad about.
Then there are friends we've made since coming to live in Cleveleys, people who haven't known us for long and didn't know us before we were Syephen & Hannah. But they're still friends and sharing in this chapter of our life.

I've also since giving birth made a huge effort to make friends with other mummys, people who understand that my life revolves around feeding, changing nappies, routines and sleep patterns. You see since I gave up work I feel I don't have as much to talk about that would interest my old friends, life is pretty boring at times. And so its been great to meet people in the same boat as me for a short while, people who don't know me as a teacher or Stephen's wife. These people only know me as Grace's mummy - I like that. And I hope that some of these friendships will last and continue, even after I've gone back to work and can no longer sit and chat for hours about injections, nappies, feeding times and health visitors.

All in all I feel very blessed to have so many wide and varied friends and friendships and I'm sorry to all of them if I talk about being a mummy too often!!