Mary Jane's Niche

      This morning we attended a First Friday Mass at Callbox. I forgot the name of the priest but I didn’t forget his homily. I went with Amy and Monica. Not everyone—actually—nobody else knows that Amy and I had a “cool off” phase in our friendship except Jeffrey and Monica. I really don’t remember the reason why we drifted apart for almost 6 months (it started the week after we came back from Baras, Guimaras) but we just stopped hanging out together. Before that happened, we were always seen together during lunch and break time. If Amy eats lunch, I eat lunch too. If I go to sleep, Amy goes to sleep too. And often we just sit at the couch at the 3^rd floor and just talk about random things. And oftentimes we laugh and share secrets and personal stuffs happening at home and in our lives.

      Then came that fateful day when we just stopped talking to each other.  It was as simple as that. And I told Nong Jeffrey and Monica about what’s happening. And I also learned that Amy was talking to the two of them as well. So nobody else knew what was happening except the four of us. If our co-workers noticed, they didn’t ask. They were kind enough to leave us alone. What makes me happy with that kind of situation was that even if Amy and I were “not friends” we weren’t spreading rumors or bad things about each other. We weren’t gossiping about each other. And the secrets we shared were still secrets.

      I’m telling you this because it relates to the priest’s homily. His topic was about love. Love for your special someone, love for your family and the love for your friends. That for love to last, you only not have to FEEL the love or THINK the love but also importantly to BE WILLING to love.  Amy and I looked at each other on this part of the homily and we just giggled. J By the way we’re friends now. We talked to each other Friday of last week. To make the story short, we just hugged each other on Saturday morning. We missed each other. And we weren’t selfish to say that. I actually shed some tears. Hehehe. But that simply means that I love my friend and I value her. We’re hanging out together now. There’s no tension between us and everything is back to normal. It’s as if nothing happened. Nong Jeffrey and Monica are happy for the both of us. Amy is such a great friend and I would hate to lose her. I hope she reads this so she’ll know how much I value her friendship and her loyalty.

      Ayms! Friends forever ta ya ha