Do you have any friends you regret not keeping in touch with?

Paintbrushes

When I had moved I did really well keeping in touch with Ashley. We wrote letters all the time. I still have them stowed away. She kept the relationship going and I just wrote sparingly. Part of it was laziness, and I felt I became less interesting. Nothing super creative, or interesting, was going on in my life. Then I got pregnant and all writing on my end stopped. I sort of forgot about her, and the rest of the world at that point. When you loose touch how do you just get back on track? It seems so easy- just write another letter! But it's so hard. Even years later I want to write, I do, but it never gets sent. What do I say? How do I apologize? What if I seem crazy for writing after so long? What if she's mad? What if she doesn't care? And so another letter goes in the trash. The only connection I have is Facebook and its not like were commenting and liking all the time. Though I got such glee when she accepted my friends request.

I really want to try white water rafting while I'm here in Colorado.

How would your life be different if you had grown up without any siblings?

I think life would have been easier. There was a lot of jealousy among my siblings and I. My mother was a single mom and had a hard time making ends meet. There were so many opportunities that were missed because of lack of time and money. You have to deal with favoritism, conflict of schedules, stretching money. Watching my mother struggle with that helped me decide that having an 'only' would be a better decision for me. She (my daughter) may become (if she isn't a little already) a bit spoiled because of it, but I can't help but want to give her more than I have, whether its time, money or love.