For a Wonderful Friend

I met a friend several years back thru a pen-pal site...Her name is Lori...we started out emailing each other back and fourth...then she told me about a chatting program called ICQ and she taught me how to use it...we would chat every single day....and thru this chatting we became very very close....we lived only 1 state away..so after a few years of chatting and really getting to know each other....I invited her and her family to come spend the weekend at my place.....it was so much fun....her husband got along great with mine...we each have a son and daughter around the same ages...(give or take a year or so)...so they got along very well also.....and Lori and I we bonded...well the weekend went by way to fast...and before we knew it..it was time for them to go home....I will always remember our time together...and who knows maybe some day we can get together again.

Well after our real-life meeting....we continued to chat...but yet after awhile...i thought (in my mind) that things were changing...I got very upset about this...(Im not going into details..as Lori and I have recently talked about this...and its only between her and I)....anyways...seeing that i couldnt handle a few things that were happening between us...I decided that I would go away for awhile...with no emailing or chatting between us....I just basically gave up.....during this time I found myself trying to start new friendships...but for some reason I also found it very hard in getting close with anyone else..coz I basically couldnt handle letting anymore friendships end up like the way ours did......I became very very lonely...and just basically didnt do much on-line for a good year.

Well one day I was checking my guestbook...and noticed I was invited to joined some women's online group....and it got me thinking about an online mom's group that I was a co-founded in....and even though I gave up my co-foundership...I decided to email the only co-founder left...and asked her if I could please return but only as a member...of course she welcomed me with opened arms....but we knew we had to let Lori know as she was also a member of this group.....well to my surprise...Lori was more then happy to hear that I was going to be a member.

That very same evening that I joined....Lori contacted me thru the chatting program we both are using now....and it was like WOW...we both were feeling some of the feelings....and we re-connected again...we talked thru what had happened....I told her my thoughts and feelings....and she shared me hers....she re-assured me that I did matter to her...and I did the same with her. Somehow...we went our seperate ways....but yet in the end....fate bought us back together!!!!!

MY PERSONAL MESSAGE TO LORI

Lori..when we first met..I didnt know at that time how much of an impact you would make on my life...I mean we learned how much we were alike...and how much our views on life in general were the same...You became a very important part of my life....even though at first it was thru this wonderful thing we call "CyberWorld"...but after meeting in person...you became so much more then my "chatting buddy"...you became a real-life friend....I cherrished you as I would someone here in my town that are my friends...I know that we went our own way....but please believe me when I say....IM SO HAPPY THAT WE FOUND OUR WAY BACK TOGETHER AGAIN!!!...you and your friendship means the world to me...always has and always will......I felt so alone without you......I know that we decided to take this one day at a time...to rebuild our friendship to where it was...but thats ok...Im having so much fun learning things about you again!!!!!

Please know that you are and will always be my favorite.... TWEETYGIRL!!!