Bookish (And Not So Bookish) Thoughts #2
“Distance between true friends doesn’t matter when their friendship lives in their hearts”
The Blackbird Girls – Anne Blankman
I had forgotten that I planned a series of these posts, where I shared a recent quote that applied to that week and then just rambled. It was kind of fun to go back to my last one (the only one so far) and see how I felt at that point. Spoiler alert: it’s not far off from how I’ve been feeling lately. The biggest difference is that 2020 has given me the time and space to learn how to cope a lot better, and it has made all the difference.
Anyway today’s quote from is from The Blackbird Girls by Anne Blankman, and it hit me so hard when I heard it read. Over the years, especially since I graduated college, a lot of my amazing friends have moved far away from me. I’ve also gained tons of wonderful friends who I have either only met once, or never gotten to meet in person, but are equally as important to me. Sometimes we don’t talk for a few days, or a few weeks, but we’re always there for one another as soon as we are needed. Distance doesn’t matter, when your friendship is tried and true. I always feel so lucky to be surrounded by people who make me feel this in my soul.
This year’s holiday is a lot different than it has ever been. I miss my little rituals of our workplace party, and giving my favorite people there small gifts and snacks. I miss walking through the city and admiring Christmas window setups and lights. Still there are things I can still do and that is what I have latched on to. I wrote Christmas cards today, and it felt so good. I’m still baking cookies for my husband’s co-workers. I can still watch my favorite holiday movies, while drinking hot cocoa and eggnog. It’s the little things that we need to hold onto this year, this is what I have learned.
2020 may have sucked in a lot of ways, but I feel like it has made me grow as a person too. That’s just a good feeling I can cling to.
