Friendship

Friendship can be a difficult thing to negotiate, especially post-Covid, because we have been used to just being in our homes and now we have had to return to work in the office and seeing people in social situations.

And our preconceived idea of returning to life may not be quite what we expected.  I was thinking back to times like after World War 2 and soldiers returning from the front couldn’t communicate with people who had stayed at home.

I think the reality of living something or knowing someone living through it were two different things after the loss of Natalie.  I had known women who had lost babies in my past and I am sorry to say that it was only ONE woman I truly connected with and helped.

And when people go through certain situations, they don’t think anyone understands them or can empathise with them and to some extent it is true.  HOWEVER, no matter what they have or haven’t been through, the fact they join with you in the loss and are truly standing both with you and beside you, can transform the experience.

We are trying to reconnect, to find those places we had in the past, to know how to discover friendship again.  Sometimes it’s not easy to do and that’s ok.  The fact that we try is good and we will find our friends again, as they will find us.

Do you agree with me here?