Long-Distance Skyping with a Long-Time Friend

Yesterday (Sunday) I finally got a chance to Skype again with my "long-lost" best friend, Hannah Richter. Exactly 9,244.2 miles (14,877.1 kilometers) apart, we video chatted for two and a half hours, talking about things like One Direction and the newest movies coming out to our joys and fears about school. We would probably have kept Skyping if I hadn't had to go to church. This Skype sesh was a usual one for us (7:00am my time, 7:00pm her time), but we hadn't had the chance to do it in two whole weeks, and we had loads to talk about.

Here are some awesome photos we took of ourselves:

Hannah's been my best friend since Kindergarten. But now she's gone for good. She went back the States over the summer, thinking she'd be back in January. But she's not coming back. And that totally stinks.

I don't know why I'm telling you this on my blog, but I guess it's because this "event" (the "Hannah leaving" event, not necessarily the "Skyping with her" event) has truly shaped who I am now, and it's definitely going to shape me in the future. The fact that Hannah is staying in the US for good was a totally devastating blow for me when she told me via Skype in the summer, but I guess that I can't change the way things are right now. 

Hannah is in America for a reason, you know. I'm pretty sure her whole family wanted to stay here in Cambodia. But I guess they're dealing with some tough family issues right now, and I'm positive that it's what God has planned for their lives, no matter how difficult the circumstances may seem.

I'm sitting here sitting my decaf coffee (because yes, it is the best drink on planet earth), and I miss my best friend. So bad. But do you know what? That's okay. It's okay to miss her. Because I have a feeling that this huge distance between us physically is starting to shape our friendship emotionally and spiritually. And that totally rocks!