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Who are your "so, anyway" friends?

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Peggy @ Screams Of Consciousness .com's avatar Posted on Friday, November 13, 2009 by Peggy @ Screams Of Consciousness .com

We all know who they are--it's been 6 months--but talking with them is like yesterday. How do you think that kind of connection happens?

The other day, my friend Marcia called. We have a thing between us where, no matter how long it's been, we start every chat with, "So, anyway..." as if our last conversation was left dangling in mid-stream. We just pick right up where we left off.

Don't you love that? There is nothing quite like, getting gotten. To be able to go right to the heart of your life with someone is just the best feeling--especially when we rush through our days, never having taken a really deep breath most of the rest of the time.

So, anyway... I am declaring this, officially, "So, Anyway Day." If you have "So, anyway" friends in your life, today could be the day to acknowledge them for their contribution to your life.

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Wayfaring Wordsmith said to Peggy @ Screams Of Consciousness .com
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Yes, I DO have "so, anyway" friends! (I love the title you have given them.) I'm sitting here trying to think how to put into words what I feel in my heart. Such friends are special gifts from God. Honestly, I'm at a loss for words right now but I definitely know what you're talking about. I'll get back to you when I find the right words.

Linda Thomas

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grammy 2 4 said to Peggy @ Screams Of Consciousness .com
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I didn't realize I had these friends but then I joined facebook.  I KNOW!! who would have guessed??  In a matter of minutes of posting my name with my maiden name hyphen my married name I had more than 40 friends request asking if I was the so and so who graduated in 1970 from my high school.  I knew all of them.

 

We all meet after about 4 weeks of facebooking at the same place we used to hang out at in high school and it was the best reunion I've been to.  Not all of these people graduated in my class, some were freshmen when I was a senior but they were my friends, they were just never invited to my reunions. 

 

I now have constant contact with 4 of my very favorite "so anyway" friends from high school again.  I kinda like FB too, almost as much as this site.

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Sis said to Peggy @ Screams Of Consciousness .com
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Hi Peggy,

I treasure the many friends I have but most especially those in which I feel I have a deep connection witth that makes it seem like we've known each other forever.  I call these the kindred spirits in my life.  In these relationships trust is just a given so it's easy to be ourselves without fear of being judged or rejected.  It is a blessing when we find these people in our lives and they find us.  I love it when one of these dear friends and I go on a girl's retreat...we laugh, go for walks, eat good food, catch up on news...I always come home refreshed.  I'm grateful for my sweet friends and know that through good or bad they are there as I am for them.  So to you dear reader I give this advice:  If it's been a while since you've hooked up with one of your close friends then run to the nearest phone and call her...I know she'll be waiting to hear from you....Sis 

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Bekah said to Peggy @ Screams Of Consciousness .com
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Mags I have known since we were brownies together, around second grade.  There have been times when we have not had the opportunity to "chat", yet when we get together or we're on the phone it's like no time has passed.  This is also true with Nisey who joined the group in Junior High.. 39 years later when we chat it's like no time has passed. We get caught up within minutes and  ours is usually followed with "have you talked to   or Did you know" But so, anyway makes it in there too.

We moved my junior year of high school, and several new friends have joined the circle.  I had to laugh when one group met the other group, to quote "Red" it was " my past meeting my past" The circles of friends are like similar to the circles when you drop a pebble in water, the starting point usually not very wide.  The first circle small moves out and  is absorbed by the second which as it grows becomes the third. The  ever widening circle  enveloping the previous  circle that is always gaining....................each like a  sparkling jewel in a crown.  We make new friends, but the long standing friends the ones with history shine brightest and I am extremely grateful for each of them.

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persimian said to Peggy @ Screams Of Consciousness .com
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I have two (2) "SO ANYWAY" friends.  Noriene moved to Las Vegas from NY in 2001.  I hadn't heard from her until last month when I ran into a mutual friend of ours who told me how to get in touch with her.  We talked for 5 hours on the telephone (my phone bill will be outrageous next month - oh well).  We call each other now at least once a week.  It's almost as if she had never left.  My other friend, Demarva, is here in NY but we can go weeks without speaking to each other because we both have busy lives.  Then out of the blue - HEY - GUESS WHAT?!!  It's almost like we had just spoken the day before.  These two ladies have been my friends for over 20 years and are the ONLY women I consider TRUE friends.  It's nice to know you have friends you can talk to at a moment's notice.

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Redward said to Peggy @ Screams Of Consciousness .com
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I have a bunch of 'em and love it!  It is so nice to be able to just "start in" to whatever it is you want to talk about without the set up you do with those you don't know so well.  THANK GOD for my "So anyway friends!!!!"

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