Changes

I went to a graduation party for one of my friends today. While I had a good time, I realized that my friend and I really don't have that much in common anymore. We're both starting new phases in our lives. Her goals and values changed. We're not the same people we once were. This got me thinking about how much people change sometimes. I know a lot of people that I was best friends with when I was younger and now we don't see each other that much. I had one friend that I was really close with during middle school. We were inseparable. Once we started high school, our friendship pretty much ended. It was very sudden and without explanation. I was extremely hurt. I couldn't figure out why we had stopped being friends. For the longest time I thought it was my fault. That I had done something that had caused our friendship to end. We would walk past each other in the hall and it would be like we had never even known each other. She started hanging out with a different group of friends. I would try to talk to her at football games and she ended up ditching me twice. I was the outcast to her. Then, during the begining of sophmore year she moved away. I haven't seen or talked to her in 3 years. I don't know if I'll ever find an answer as to why we stopped being friends. But I know now that it wasn't my fault. God had a reason for why this happened. I was finally able to forgive her for how she hurt me. It took me a while to come to grips with all of this. I don't know where she ended up, but I still pray for her and her family every day. Even if we don't see each other again, I hope that she knows I'm not upset about what happened. I'm not the same person I once was.