http://sara.joneses.us/2008/03/24/friendships/ Thu, 05 May 2011 05:38:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://sara.joneses.us/2008/03/24/friendships/comment-page-1/#comment-29 Lisa Tue, 25 Mar 2008 16:40:35 +0000 http://sara.joneses.us/2008/03/24/friendships/#comment-29 I totally know what you mean! I have really been struggling with this, basically since we moved to Corvallis. It seems like it gets even harder once you have kids. (not to be discouraging) A lot of my time and energy revolves around my kids. It's a lot harder to be spontaneous in friendship when you have to think about naps and diapers and having meals more or less on time. Then, once they move out of the nap phase, you have school and after school activities to think about. You mentioned it being difficult in LA because people are transient. I find it hard here because a lot of people grew up here and already have strong, established friendships. I think it's harder for them to make time for new friendships amongst all the time restraints I already mentioned. I have been blessed with one very good friend here, but I'm still struggling with adjusting my expectations of what that friendship looks like (not much girl time without kids). Just when I really feel discouraged and alone it seems God will send me a little message through one of my friends, even long distance ones, to let me know I'm not alone and I am loved. It maybe doesn't come exactly as I would have envisioned, but I am encouraged to keep going. Sorry for the super long comment, maybe I should write about this on my own blog! I'll be praying God brings a special friend into your life in the near future! I totally know what you mean! I have really been struggling with this, basically since we moved to Corvallis. It seems like it gets even harder once you have kids. (not to be discouraging) A lot of my time and energy revolves around my kids. It’s a lot harder to be spontaneous in friendship when you have to think about naps and diapers and having meals more or less on time. Then, once they move out of the nap phase, you have school and after school activities to think about. You mentioned it being difficult in LA because people are transient. I find it hard here because a lot of people grew up here and already have strong, established friendships. I think it’s harder for them to make time for new friendships amongst all the time restraints I already mentioned. I have been blessed with one very good friend here, but I’m still struggling with adjusting my expectations of what that friendship looks like (not much girl time without kids). Just when I really feel discouraged and alone it seems God will send me a little message through one of my friends, even long distance ones, to let me know I’m not alone and I am loved. It maybe doesn’t come exactly as I would have envisioned, but I am encouraged to keep going. Sorry for the super long comment, maybe I should write about this on my own blog! I’ll be praying God brings a special friend into your life in the near future!

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