Tuesday, May 29, 2007
1975
I have just recently come to the realization that 1975 was probably the most important year of my life. At the tender age of 19, I had many life changing events. I finally adapted to being away from home. I realized my sexuality. I experimented with drugs for the first time. I went to jail for the first and only time of my life. (Thank God.)
What makes that year so remarkable though is that I made friends with a handful of people that would impact my entire life. It has taken me 32 years to recognize the importance of those relationships that were started so long ago. I have made friends throughout the years, but none so everlasting as these.
At 51, I finally believe in forever.
I will love and be loved by those friends forever.
And for that, I am blessed.
What makes that year so remarkable though is that I made friends with a handful of people that would impact my entire life. It has taken me 32 years to recognize the importance of those relationships that were started so long ago. I have made friends throughout the years, but none so everlasting as these.
At 51, I finally believe in forever.
I will love and be loved by those friends forever.
And for that, I am blessed.
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they say your're not supposed to look back....
but i say, how can i truly understand who've i've become, if i don't take the time to relect on the choice that lead to the person i am today.
1975 was a milestone for me as well. away from home for the first time, 800 long miles from parental units, my first apartment, freedom to express my sexual orientation....with my firt love.
and, the realization the friends i was making WERE my new "family". i moved so many times in my life, always making a new "family", always remembering them...wondering if i was being remembered as fondly.
they say people come into your life for a reason, a season, or a lifetime.
http://www.steeldog.com/reasonseasonlifetime.htm
memorial day.
we couldn't have picked a better time to reflect, remember, re-connect.
my heart feels "re-newed" with the awareness there really ARE people out there like me.
your lifetime friend,
susan lane quinn
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but i say, how can i truly understand who've i've become, if i don't take the time to relect on the choice that lead to the person i am today.
1975 was a milestone for me as well. away from home for the first time, 800 long miles from parental units, my first apartment, freedom to express my sexual orientation....with my firt love.
and, the realization the friends i was making WERE my new "family". i moved so many times in my life, always making a new "family", always remembering them...wondering if i was being remembered as fondly.
they say people come into your life for a reason, a season, or a lifetime.
http://www.steeldog.com/reasonseasonlifetime.htm
memorial day.
we couldn't have picked a better time to reflect, remember, re-connect.
my heart feels "re-newed" with the awareness there really ARE people out there like me.
your lifetime friend,
susan lane quinn
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