(Billy Dead, Lisa Reardon, p. 1)

This little passage really made me think. It's something that I think about often actually. Throughout life, and the roads we travel, we meet so many people along the way. Some of those people touch our lives deeply, and some people seem to serve a temporary need. In the same light, I could be either of these two kinds of people for others, and I have been.

Just the other day, I found myself registering with and browsing through Classmates.com. Within that I found several people also registered with whom I had that "high school" relationship. My best friend from high school was registered. It really made me think about her and where she might be right now. We used to get together once a year or so to catch up. I haven't talked with her for about four years. The last time we spoke, she seemed to be doing well. She was with a man...a much older man (which was not out of the ordinary for her), and she was moving to be with him. We spoke for hours on the phone, but when we hung up, we both went our separate ways....again.

I didn't have many close friends in high school - my choice. I tend to be a person who develops a true attachment when making new friends. I have a few close friends as opposed to surrounding myself with many people. Sometimes I wish I were the type of person to go out and revel in being surrounded by people. But I'm not. I'd rather sit at home with one or two friends and chat and goof away the night. However, I'm all for getting together with a whole lotta people at times. I am, after all, human!

Other people whom I think about often are my college roomies. I had a couple of different "sets" of roomies while living in one apartment. The first set was short-lived and I really don't remember them much. Good golly! What kind of person does that make me? The second set of roomies were very memorable. We had a lot of good times, and we had some rough times, too. One of my roommates found herself pregnant and moved back home. Another one went off to live with her boyfriend - a whole 'nother story! The two roommates that I found myself drawn to more than any others were Theresa and Connie. I still communicate with Theresa. She and I would connect every so often online, and now I am getting to know her all over again through this LiveJournal. I often wonder how Connie is doing. After I moved out, I found out that she had become pregnant, and she later gave birth to a beautiful little girl.

What about all those college friends that I had? The ones with whom I shared all the wonderful education classes, school projects, teaching collaborations? *laughing* It's amazing how some people fill a certain need in your life for a certain amount of time. I think about them still - mostly because I lent my Art Methods folder to one of them with all those lesson plans and never got it back. Hmmm... wonder where that girl is now. *grin*

Roads are travelled... Some roads are long, some are quite short, some are smooth, some are rough... and some, in hindsight, seem to have been the scenic route, a lovely and enjoyable distraction! *laughing*

I know, this has been a bunch of incoherent and jumbled-up babblings. Please forgive...