New Slang

First off I want to apologize for my lack of an ability to accurately depict a more specific time line.

When I was in Valley Manor Elementary School, I believe in Grade 3, the school had a circus bear come for a funssembly. The Elementary version of a Pep Rally. The bear was not in a cage. It was on a leash. It was scary. It was awesome. The bear sat up on stage with it's handler and they did a little presentation. Then at the end, each student had an opportunity to stand in line and wait for their chance to touch the bear. About 300 children aged 5-13 were all about to touch a bear. A real life adult brown bear. On a leash. In a gymnasium. This really happened. I was there. I touched the bear. I touched a fucking bear. When I was 8 years old. And so did 299 other kids! We all touched a goddamn bear. Awesome.

I've been thinking a lot about 'friends' lately. I have a lot of friends. There are a lot of people in my life, whom I consider to have a friendship with, or platonic loving relationship with. See, I have a lot friends, but I have a select few people whom I have a much more strengthened bond with. People who I am in a relationship with. I am genuinely in love with these people. I can, and have, fallen in and out of love with some of them, but they are still people who have a huge impact on my life. My friends though, not so much. A few of them here and there, but overall, I've lost more friends than I currently have. Friendships never last. Ever. Relationships last forever. It's awesome to think about how fortunate I am, to be in so many different loving relationships at one time. I have the most intense one, with my husband of course. Closely following that, are all the loving platonic relationships I have with my family members. My children, parents, siblings, cousins, nieces, in-laws, etc; they all have precedence over the rest of my relationships. Among my non blood tied relationships, I have my best friends. Then I have my favourite people friends, then I have the friends who think of me as one of their favourite people, yet the feeling is not mutual. It's all good though. We have respect for one another. Then I have the rest. It's really fun, to sit back and think about all of the different people in your life, and what areas or categories they fit into. I could go on and on and on about all the categories that exist in my Friends List, but I'm sure you understand what I'm getting at. Every person that we have made time to build a relationship with, is important. They are impactful. They could change your life.