In some of my earlier posts I've been talking about how I'm missing the company of people who really know me. I've moved around a lot in my life, roughly every 3-4 years I've moved to a new town/city. It's made making friends easier, but I've always wondered what it would be like to have a friend that's been your friend for ever. I think I have a bit of that with my friends in Adelaide. That's the place I've lived for the longest amount of time consecutively- 5 and a half years. I know that doesn't sound like long, but it is for me.
I was reminded today of how good friends are that know so much about you. They know what you're thinking about, how you're feeling, what are the important occasions in your life and they've been there with you through those previous times.. I know that this doesn't stop me from making more great friends, but sometimes it's just easier to not have to explain things every time you do something, or you're thinking about something. Let me try to explain.
Today is ANZAC Day. To the Aussies and anyone who knows anything about Australian history, you might know what this means. To everyone else, I need to explain it. It's a day of rememberance for those who fought, and especially those who died, in World War II. We especially remember the landing at Gallipoli. It's also a day to remember those from other wars and those currently serving. It's a public holiday in Australia. So that's not really something that is only relating to me, but it's one part of the story that I would need to explain. Ok, so second part is that there's a game of Aussie Rules Football that is played by the same two teams every year on this day. Those teams are Collingwood and Essendon. I would have to explain this to anyone who doesn't care about footy, or about those teams. I go for Collingwood- something else to explain. If I was really in an explaining mood, I could also explain the game of footy, as most people in NL don't know a thing about it! Anyway, the next thing to explain is that, apart for the last couple of years, my family and I have been going to this game since about 2000. Half of my family is Collingwood (my Dad, one of my brothers, and I) and the other half is Essendon (my Mum and my other brother). For me it's an important day/few days that I get to catch up with my brothers and their families (who live interstate) and to spend some quality time with them doing something that we all love. So that's what I would have to explain. I guess it's not that much, and if someone was interested, it would be great to explain it to them. But what I'm trying to say is that it's refreshing to have a friend say 'so did you find somewhere to watch the game or was it too sad not being there?'. There was no need to explain which game, or how I might be feeling about being away from Aust when the game was on. As I said, refreshing.
Anyway, so this was just one little story of how it's nice to know that you have friends that know you so well and remember things about you that are important to you. Do you have friends like that? I hope that you do, even if you're not currently with them, like me. Please cherish your friends and don't take them for granted!
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