I took a survey last night updating my beloved college, Hobart and William Smith, on what I am up to now in my life. I believe it’s for a research study where they track what alums are doing with their lives and document how the colleges contributed to who we are as people now.

The survey was interesting to me in a couple of ways, but the questions that got me thinking the most were the ones about friendships.

My answer for both questions was on the high side, especially for number 1, and this is something I am very thankful for. I am thankful and humbled by my ability to form friendships in my life that are meaningful and genuine. I have found friendship with people in each stage of my life and I hold those people very near and dear to my heart with each passing day and with each passing year.

I feel blessed with the memories we have made and will continue making.

I feel blessed with the connections that I have found and the bonds that are true.

I feel blessed with the experiences that I have been through with my friends and believe that it is these experiences that have shaped me into the solid person that I am today.

And for this I am truly thankful.

Thank you, my dear friends, for all that you do and everything that you are.

You mean the world to me. ♥ ♥