quote of the day

"be kinder than necessary because everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle."


there was a girl who moved into her grandparents' house near me when we were freshman in high school. our backyards were back to back and i remember being really excited to have a new friend so close. i invited her over, once we tie dyed t-shirts in her basement, i asked her to be my model for my photography portrait project freshman year. we got along alright, but she was painfully shy and we never became BFFs or anything, but just went our own ways.

my mom befriended her mom (a single mother of two, who was now living with her parents) i think the girl ended up working as a receptionist in my dad's office for a little bit but i went to college and then japan and we were never close enough to be friends across any distance bigger than our backyards. i vaguely remember my mom saying she'd moved somewhere out of state and then yesterday she friended me on facebook and i, of course, accepted. this morning, i woke to this message from her:

"Wow. Your pictures are amazing!!! I wanted to apoligize to you for being a little unfriendly in High School. I know you tried being my friend, but I had so much stuff going on in my family life I really had a hard time being a good friend to anyone. I just wanted to let you know that I appreciate the things that you and your family has done for me. It has really molded me into the person that I am today. I hope all is well for you and that your enjoying your life. Hope to be able to keep in touch."

awww....how sweet. i knew her family was going through some stuff but never really felt like i should somehow be getting "more" out of our friendship. i was nice because i wanted to be, and i thought she was just really shy.

messages like this always make me feel a little bit better about the person i was and give me a confidence boost, which i need especially when so many other things are up in the air right now.