Hallmark Moments

I read recently that a dear friend of mine had broken up with her boyfriend.  Although dear may overstating things. . .  yeah, it is.  She used to be a dear friend of mine, before distance and inclination were allowed to create a haziness in our friendship.  Not that I don't still adore her.  I do, but when it comes to maintaining a relationship with her, I sorta failed.   Don't feel sorry for her though, she has lots of friends.  Well you can feel badly that she broke up. . . that part sucks.  As for the me not being able to write anything truly supportive or insightful on her blog, well that was already covered.  So I gave her a little text heart and moved on.  'Cause really, what could I have written?   "Dear friend - I wish that we had not been to lazy to let the small differences in our lifestyles and locations allow us to drift apart, because I would really like to know you well enough now to be able to offer you real and meaningful consolation, because I think you are a very special woman?"

Right.  

Relationships are like that.  They take work.  It's only natural that they wax and wane.  In theory I am ok with that, and even though I let it happen all the time, the reality is still kind of shitty.  When I have ever really cared for a person it bothers me to know they are unhappy, even if I haven't heard their voice in months.  Which makes me want to offer support.  Which is hard, you know, if you have no idea what kind of support is appropriate. . . . ergh.  

So anyway sweet friend.  If you stumble across this post, think of the most wonderful heartwarming thing a person could say, and then pretend it came from me.  I'm sure I would mean it if I knew what it was.