Friends for good.

I think there was a point in my life where I felt like I had the perfect amount of friends. I think that point was my senior year in college. I had friends from high school, friends who I was related too, friends I met in college both at BYU and in other places I studied. But I had good and strong relationships with almost all of them. Now, I feel like I have moved much further than that to having too many friends. Maybe because I still consider all of those mentioned as good (and often great) friends. But in amongst them have now been added friends from working real jobs, friends living in other states, friends I served missions with, friends who still reside in England, and so many others. I don't think it is a bad thing to have so many friends, but it has drastically impacted the relationships I have with each of them individually. Some I see so rarely. Some I still see everyday. And yet, in my mind, nothing has changed. I still have such vivid memories of so many wonderful moments with them. But our lives have moved past the daily chats or the weekly chats, or even really the monthly chats, possibly so far as to simply the annual Christmas card. And maybe, if I start now, I can at least do that much to maintain these relationships. Because more than anything, every single one of them has been for good in my life.