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Blogging as therapy - Old friends

Ultimate Blog Party 2010


Blogging can be therapy. Sometimes I don't know what I am feeling until I am actually blogging about it.

For example, have you ever lost touch with a dear friend? You think about that person and imagine how great it would be when you reconnected. I recently had that happen. I found an old dear friend after almost 20 years. I was so excited because we were so close. We talked for an hour on the phone and it was great. There have been a few emails and online chats, but I don't seem to be getting the same enthusiasm in return.

I bring up the special moments we shared and she doesn't even remember us being at the place, to say nothing of the special moment. It is such a let down, that at times I wish it was still just a wish to hope for.

12 comments:

  1. Happy blog Party. What a lovely blog. Hope you stop by!

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  2. So glad to meet you! What a fun, unique blog! Happy ubp!

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  3. Happy UBP Party!!! I love your blog honey.....I am now following on Google Friend Connect. Feel free to stop by mine as well at www.safehomehappymom.com

    This is way fun than I thought, meeting new blogs I didnt even know exist! I will be reading up on archives all night long.

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  4. Came here from the blog party!

    I know the feeling, sometimes the memories are better than the reality. I recently reconnected online with a old friend who I was so close with but we've just gone separate directions and it's just not there anymore.

    Laura at ThriftyWifey.blogspot.com

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  5. Hi! Stopping by from UBP :) I totally believe that blogging is therapeutic, too! xx

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  6. Stopping by from UBP. I know exactly what you mean. I reconnected with a friend last summer. We were so close growing up, and I was so excited to find her, but she didn't feel the same.

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  7. Hi Laura! Love your site! I started blogging in 2006 when I became a full time caregiver for my mom. It has certainly been therapy for me, writing about all the emotional things I deal with as a caregiver. UBP

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  8. Hi Laura...stopping in for UBP. Love your blog...I just started and trying to get consistent at it. Stop by mine: nanedmo.blogspot.com I'm on twitter at nanreflections. I recently reconnected with an old friend and it was a success...I'm sorry to hear yours didn't work out as you had hoped.

    Blessings,
    Nan

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  9. WOW, it's amazing that I clicked on this link in the UBP, the exact same thing happened to me recently!!!!! SAME THING, amazing, anyways this post was great to read because it reminds me the world is still small in so many ways and there are others that are experiencing the same things in our day to day. Hope to connect again at some point; I am your newest follower =) Stop by and enter my GIVEAWAY!!!

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  10. Hi there. Just stopping by from the UBP. I also use blogging as a form of therapy. First it seems to be cheaper than a therapist, and it is always there when I need it, no appointment necessary!

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  11. Just popping in from my blog's UBP10 to say Hi.

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