Sometimes I feel like all you really do need is a friend. A friend who understands you, someone who can share your thoughts with, and someone who will just lend an ear when you need one. For me I feel like it gets difficult to rely on somebody and its mostly because of everything that we are so caught up in and how much we do in our daily lives. 

Recently it seems that I have been in more and more need when it comes to human interaction. So I reached out to someone who I love very much. I met him at my old job and we have been friends for about two years. We worked together in the same department and for me it was refreshing to have somebody mature and understanding. He has a big heart and he is such a good person. He may not always make it to your plans and he may always have something happening but, he is still an amazing human being.

So after months of going back and forth with him I finally got him to say yes to a day to hangout and make a real plan. We decided we were going to go out for a late lunch/early dinner and catch up. So I get off work and I am waiting for him. I am telling you I was nervous. I felt like I was meeting my secret love or something. Everything was a bundle of nerves. 

Then the text comes and I go out into the main lobby and wait. I’m waiting for him to round the corner and for me to jump out and attack him. I want to hug him, feel how real he is. I hadn’t seen him in eight months and when we worked together we were super close. WE were always chatting, helping each other, and just giving each other advice on a daily basis. I was seeing someone who had really been there for me. So of course he rounds the corner and we make eye contact. He smiles and I run out the store so excited to see him. I couldn’t wait. 

Surprised but ready he holds out his arms and I tacked/hug him. It’s been so long and I miss hugging my friends. I really do. So we hug for a minute, laugh, and when we part I see in his eyes all the emotions he’s feeling and everything he’s been through. I didn’t know too much but I knew from our small chats via texting that he had been through quite a bit. The moment passes and we make our way to dinner. Were both so excited that we don’t know where to really begin. It’s hard to choose a place in time when it feels like time has hardly passed at all. 

By the time we sit down we had finally begun our conversation and it got real. We both were going through a lot these past eight months and just being able to see his emotions with my own eyes made me feel like I could see it happening. Like I could be watching a real live movie and I was just witnessing it all. I felt his pain, his sadness, his heartache but I also could feel his spirit as he was working through it and his honesty as he told me his real feelings. I felt it for sure. I don’t know if he felt the same way about me since I know that I was terrible with eye contact and probably with expressing a lot of my emotion. I just knew that I was glad that he got a chance to tell me in person what he was feeling. Not very many people are good at being honest and expressing themselves but Boo Boo is. 

Once dinner was done we walked around and got some hot chocolate. I felt very at peace with him and I felt like we were back at work and just having some fun. I felt good and normal. 

Sometimes all you need to lift you up in hard times is a friend to lean on and someone to really talk to. I felt like I got that and I can’t wait to see Boo Boo again. He is my tea and I love him so much. He does a lot for me and I can’t believe how disconnected I felt from him. If you can meet up with an old friend (and you two are still on good terms) I definitely would say that you should take a chance and have some dinner together, you never know what you might be missing in your life.