Happy New Year!<\/p>\n
So this time I’m going to do a little something different. Instead of my normal resolutions to eat less, eat healthier, and excercise more–my resolution this year is to do a better job of connecting, reconnecting, and keeping in touch with old friends.<\/p>\n
I can think of any time in my life and tell you who my friends were. But my life is e’er changing, and my friends come and go. Sadly.<\/p>\n
People are constantly moving in different directions as their lives progress. Sometimes we grow apart from each other. This hard fact of my life is a lesson I’ve had to learn over and over again. It makes me sad. I miss my friends.<\/p>\n
And so, to my long lost friends, you’re going to hear from me this year. You may even find me on your doorstep on evening.<\/p>\n
Monica: we were so close for so many years. You always made the effort, you always called or sent me postcards from Yosemite. And I was a bad friend, I never wrote you once. Please forgive me.<\/p>\n
Brian Calhoun: brother… we were so close once. Why haven’t I called in you in over five years?<\/p>\n
AJ: I feel awful for never having visited you in your new home in Utah. You’ve had two children since I last saw you. I have no excuse.<\/p>\n
Danny Boy: you moved back to New England, and now you’re back in SoCal? Why haven’t I been down to visit? I suck. We had a brief e-mail exchange last year–expect me to pick that back up.<\/p>\n
My SoCal TKE brothers: Spicoli, Battag… I’m sorry guys.<\/p>\n
Dahi: we were doing pretty good there for awhile, reconnecting and keeping in touch. Your website went down and you had a child and I graduated from college… and I have no excuse. I’m sorry.<\/p>\n
Brian Morrison: what happened? How did this happen? We were two peas in a pod in high school. And now I haven’t talked to you in years, let alone seen you. This year that will change.<\/p>\n
Janden B. Sullivan: you were the closest thing I had to a brother when I lived in Chico. Expect to see me this year.<\/p>\n
And to my current friends:<\/p>\n
Dave: I will not let this happen to us. An ocean seperates us now, physically, but not in spirit. You’ve been one of my best friends since we were 13 years old. I don’t want to wake up one day, 20 years from now, and wonder what ever happened to you. I won’t let that happen.<\/p>\n
Da Son: don’t fucking disappear on me, dude. I know you’ve got your eye on Hawaii. You can go, but you won’t shake me so easily.<\/p>\n
James: working with you over the last year has been great. So many times I’ve stopped by your desk just to chat, and you’re always there when I need a friend. I won’t be in Concord much longer, but I’ll make sure we stay connected.<\/p>\n
And to all those I’ve failed to mention here:<\/p>\n
I’m sorry. I’ve been a bad friend. I’ll make an effort this year.<\/p>\n
… for Auld Lang Syne.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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