The friends I have now are definitely not the friends I would have chosen twenty years ago. At the same time the friends I picked twenty years ago; are absolutely not people I would chose today.

At the same time I would never change a thing.

When I was young I was carefree, and nothing really mattered; nothing scared me either. I thought I was strong and invincible, and nothing could ever hurt me; boy was I wrong! There were fights, boy friends, argument with my parents; it was the longest time of my life, well that is what I thought at that time. My friends and I did things that would shock some of my friends today. At the same time when I look at me now; I never expected to be that person I see in the mirror.

            Back then I was loud and probably what others considered to be obnoxious, today I am quieter, with a take control attitude, some call it bossy; I really don’t care.

            My friends of yester-years have married and moved away, just as I have; with parts of the past that needs forgetting. I look back at the fun times, weird times and wacky times, and I miss them, somewhat. They had a role in making me who I am today, through the awkward teenage years and hard learned lessons, so as I sit here I realize I do miss those day, for I am thankful for the friends who helped make me who I am today!

My friends of today are the ones that have helped me along the way more recently; as adults. We are all dealing with real life now, we all have problems, but we have each other. Most of us are married, with children of our own; we are attempting to mold them and make them contributors to our society. They too, will look back one day at the friends that came and went. I wonder what they will think.