1. Do you remember your first best friend? Who was it?
My cousin Chris and I were first close friends. “Friends” I guess might mean someone who is not family. So you might or might not count cousins as friends. But for the sake of this entry, I’m going to count cousins as friends.
Chris and I grew up in the same neighborhood. I remember cutting through neighbor’s yards to get to get to his house during our elementary years.
When we got into junior high and high school we took our different trails. I took band and he took p.e. We had different sets of friends. Even toward the end of elementary school we were going our different ways.
2. Are you still in touch with this person?
I’m still in contact with him, although not a regular basis. We have our own lives and don’t get together as much.
3. Do you have a current close friend?
I have close friends. I’m not into the childish thing of saying this person is my best friend or something stupid like that. I have friends for different situations. I have church friends; friends from high school; friends from college; friends from church camp. Most of them are mostly on the same level of closeness, although the church friends are slightly closer because I know them on a different level.
One thing I’ve learned recently is that is it important not to get too close to friends. It can hurt when they tend to turn their back on you. This hasn’t happened too often. It is rare. But when someone does let you down…someone who you trusted…it can really be worrisome.
4. How did you become friends with this person?
See above.
5. Is there a friend from your past that you wish you were still in contact with? Why?
Sure. I can’t think of any right now.
There were several friends from elementary school who decided to go to a different school for junior high or high school. So we lost touch and never got back in touch.