Memories Rekindled.

Tonight, as I was not studying for my final tomorrow, I decided to flip through my Facebook profile pictures. It's always interesting to look back on things like that. To see how far one has come since high school. I joined Facebook in the end of grade 11. I've changed a lot since then. Changed friend groups, changed life direction, grown up. I don't think any of it has been bad change, but it has been change nonetheless. I've grown apart from some people and grown closer to others. I've had my heart bruised a bit and then lovingly molded into something entirely new. I've learned new skills, discovered new passions. I'm grateful for the person I've become and thankful for the lessons learned along the way, regrets and all. It's taken me a while to say that I've come to terms with my regrets. I made a lot of dumb decisions in the first few years out of high school. Wait. Let me rephrase. I still make lots of dumb decisions. But I'm learning not to be as hard on myself. It's a good thing to learn.
That being said, if you are reading this and we used to be closer than we are now, I want to say thank-you for the things you taught me during our friendship. The memories are still just as fresh. All it takes is a picture to send me right back. If you are reading this and you've entered my life in the past few years, thank-you for the things you helped me discover about myself. Leaving my Christian high school bubble taught me a lot, and I'm certain you played a role in that. And if you are reading this and we are still as close today as we were when we first met, however many years it's been, thank-you for sticking with me through it all. We may not see each other very often, but I am so grateful for the friends and family that I can be amazingly close with, even though our hangouts tend to be few and far between. Thank-you for understanding that my life is crazy. Thank-you for understanding that I will always be grateful for a coffee and a chat, no matter how much time has passed. There's something to be said about the comfort in old friends.
~Jessica