a place a great deal of importance on them, both mine and my loved ones'. some think an inappropriate amount. i tend to disagree: i pretty much place myself at the person's calling, go wherever they want to go, do what they want etc. it's their one day of the year to get what they want, so i go the extra effort. then i set myself up for failure: i expect the same in return, pretty much never get it. have to remember that more when their days come around.
lately i've seen even more the important time that birthdays are. a friend of mine passed recently, pretty young, very unexpected. so a bunch of my old friends gathered for the service. now last and this year, a bunch of the same people had big birthdays, you know, numbers with zero at the end (won't be more specific). and a few of these guys didn't really have anything in celebration etc. (for the record, i contacted them all and again placed myself at their command).
so we didn't see each other for a big milestone of an age, an achievement, but where did we see each other? at a funeral service. and i guess that's the way it'll be from now forward. not seeing each other for life, but at times of death when there's at least one less of us. guess it tells you, the death of past friendships and the way it was. maybe this is just passing experience, but i doubt it unfortunately.
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