a long time friend

MY FRIEND OF 32 YEARS ,SHE IS SUCH AN EASY GOING PERSON....SHE SELDOM WORRIES AND WHENEVER I REALLY FEEL SAD SHE IS ALWAYS THERE ,SHE IS FUNNY ,AND SHE MAKES ME LAUGH...AND I LOVE HER DEARLY..BUT IT IS STILL HARD
BECAUSE SHE LIVES IN FLORIDA AND ME IN LOUISIANA,,,,AND ALTHOUGH SHE CAN TALK ....SHE STILL CANT HOLD ME ,COMFORT ME ,...AND ,,THAT SEEMS TO BE MY PROBLEM...MOST OF MY FRIENDS ARE NOT HERE ...
BUT,I HAVE THOSE MEMORIES THAT I HOLD DEEP IN MY HEART,,THOSE ARE PRECIOUS ....AND DEAR TO ME.....WE MET IN HIGH SCHOOL,DATED BROTHERS .SHARED OUR DREAMS ,OUR HOPES ,AND WE LAUGHED AND WE CRIED TOGETHER.WHEN I THINK BACK TO ALL THOSE CRAZY ,INSANE THINGS WE DID ,I SMILE ....THIS IS ONE THING KATRINA CAN NOT TAKE FROM ME...MY MEMORIES,,,
WE BOTH HAD OUR FIRST LOVES OUR SENIOR YEAR IN HIGH SCHOOL.
YES ,OUR PARENTS SAID IT WAS JUST PUPPY LOVE ...BUT IT WASNT...IT WAS SWEET
AND GENTLE...AND WHEN WE BROKE UP IT WAS PAINFUL....YES, I STILL THINK ABOUT MIKE..IT WAS THAT LOVE YOU NEVER WILL FORGET..THE THE KISS YOU
ALWAYS REMEMBER...WE WERE YOUNG..BUT VERY MUCH IN LOVE...
AND MY FRIEND AND MYSELF...WE CRIED AND CRIED ,,,,AND JUST ...COMFORTED EACH OTHER.
BUT THESE FRIENDS ARE HARD TO COME BY,AND AFTER 32 YEARS WE STILL TALK ,LIKE WE WERE STILL IN HIGH SCHOOL...THE FIRST TIME I ACTUALLY HEARD HER CRY..WAS WHEN SHE TURNED 50...ITS FUNNY BUT,,ITS ,,JUST THIS THOUGHT OH MY GOD ..HALF MY LIFE IS GONE...MY FRIEND WAS LIKE ME ,HER LIFE WAS HER FAMILY ..HER KIDS AND HER HUBBY...WELL HER CHILDREN ARE GONE AND HER HUSBAND LEFT HER FOR ANOTHER WOMAN...GO FIGURE..
BUT SHE IS A SURVIVOR AND I AM SO PROUD OF HER FOR PULLING HER SELF TOGETHER.WELL,SINCE THE KATRINA I FINALLY REALIZED I WAS LIKE MY FRIEND.
MY LIFE INVOLVED AROUND MY FAMILY..AND I DID NOT TAKE CARE OF MYSELF.
BUT IT IS HARD...THE DEPRESSION ...IT ..STILL LINGERS ON....
BUT NOW I AM GOING TO TO TAKE CARE OF ME...AND ME AND MY FRIEND WILL SPEND MUCH NEEDED TIME TOGETHER,,TO LAUGH TO CRY ,,TO HOLD EACH OTHER AND TO TALK ..ALL HOURS OF THE NITE....FRIENDS ARE A WONDERFUL GIFT FROM GOD
I HAVE MADE FRIENDS FROM CANADA...AND ITS SO NICE .TO LAUGH WITH THEM
IT FEELS SO GOOD...THEY ARE MUCH YOUNGER THAN ME.WELL 2 ARE... AND ITS HARD FOR THEM,,,TO DEAL WITH ME.... BUT THEY STILL CARE,,, AND I KNOW THEY
DO NOT LIKE ME TELLING THEM THIS ..BUT I LOVE THEM ,,,I LOVE ALL MY FRIENDS
ITS ME JUST ME ,,,AND IT WAS PAINFUL THEM ..TELLING ME THAT THEY DONT LOVE ME ,,ITS ALL GOOD,,, BUT ..PLEASE I JUST DONT WANT TO APOLOGIZE TO THEM FOR SOMETHING THAT I SAID IS REAL....
AND SO I THANK GOD FOR OLD FRIENDS ,,BUT ALSO FOR NEW FRIENDS
AND I WILL GO OFF AND DREAM ABOUT THOSE FOND MEMORIES ....

REMEMBER THE LOVE YOU TAKE IS EQUAL TO THE LOVE YOU MAKE