On love, life, and friendship

More than a decade ago when I left the place of my birth, I left feeling confused and scared, but also somewhat excited at the possibilities, with hopes of amazing adventures and new experiences. What I didn’t expect was the sadness that didn’t seem to go away. I remember my first day at university, I was lost, overwhelmed slightly, and as I looked around at all the strangers that surrounded me, I felt completely alone.

Today I stumbled upon old, forgotten letters and cards from the friends that I left behind. I read them with a mixture of sadness and awe. I read them and knew that the the thoughts they held within got me past many of my fears and helped me find my smile on more than a few occasions. Sadly, I am certain that I have never thanked any one of them for thinking of me.

Eventually the letters stopped coming, we all moved on, we found friendship elsewhere, but I am sure the love and the memories will always remain.

My life in Canada has surely been awesome, I love almost everything about Canada, but there was never a time that I didn’t feel the emptiness. At 30, I am learning that friendships can last a lifetime, and no matter where we go and what we do and who we end up with, the people who grew up with us, shared our secrets, encouraged us, supported us, and truly loved us, will remain in our hearts forever.

(guess which one was me!)

Thoughts from Achelois

Such a precious post! I miss my school days :(

Thoughts from navida

youre quite right! the laughter, memories and the love is not lost…..and those are the things i treasure….

Thoughts from Aliya

Our frienship was one in a million. Even though we’re miles apart and havent seen each other in years, I still feel as close to you guys today as I did back then.

Thoughts from sf

I still have my pictures from primary and secondary school, such wonderful memories and we wore uniforms too! You are second from right.

Thoughts from Amber

I could so relate to this. I was best friends from birth through high school with the same three gals.  And we still keep in touch after all these years—one of life’s great blessings!

Thoughts from Hayah

Beautiful read dear Shaz. I know how u feel thou, having been out of home country for much of mu life, i’ve made friends in my childhood and school days who i met after six years without contact and feeling like we didnt miss a sec of each other’s lives. It was amazing.

Friends are Masha Allah beings that make our lives so worthwhile!

Thoughts from Cakes

I just went through some old school letters myself. *sigh* Thank God for those friends and those times.

I guess second from the right, as well.

Thoughts from Dawn

Such a lovely post - and photo!

Thoughts from shaz

u’re right Cakes and sf! was it the nose? haha

thanks everyone for your comments, it’s really such a blessing to have such wonderful people in our lives.