We were home in Texas for 2 weeks in December to celebrate Christmas, introduce our infant son to friends and extended family and fill up our suitcases with all the goodies we can’t find in Shanghai.
Maybe it was the early Shipley’s-fueled jet-lag mornings or maybe it was just the sense of being “home” – it was a whirlwind of a visit, focused on time with family and just a few friends whose travel schedules allowed a quick catch up. Simply put, I missed my friends I missed the laughter and joy that time with friends brings.
We all have different circles of friends – childhood, school, work, travel – and having moved every 2-3 years for the past 10+ years meant that to sustain friendships it takes effort. Sometimes it’s a balanced effort, sometimes it’s lop-sided like a stuck see-saw and sometimes it’s just that we’ve allowed the busyness of life to take away some of the joy of friendship. So, upon my return to China I was resolved to do a better job at enriching my life by putting effort into the friendships that are important to me and see what a difference it brought to my life. A blog (which I always meant to start like way back in the early 2000s) is my way of helping with accountability and reminding you (dear reader) of the power of friendship.
Friendship52 