It's a cheesy comedy/drama about four tweeny girls who are best friends in the summer of 1970. Drama and comedy ensue, obviously. The main point of the movie is that no matter what happened, or how much time passed, these four girls kept a promise that they would always be there for one another.
This movie came out when I was in 5th grade. I had three best friends at the time that I have always felt this way about. I am still as close as I can be with one of them and I love her dearly. The other two couldn't be more different or further away from who they were when I met them.
Maybe I was naive to think we would be friends forever....but I had to learn the hard way that our friendship was a priority to me. Not to them.
I never expected us to stay in the same town, get married, and have our kids grow up next door to one another. I did, however, expect them to want to maintain a close friendship via phone calls, emails, etc.
Maybe I am naive. Husband calls me a fiercely loyal friend....and it gets me into trouble sometimes when I don't get the same in return. But for some reason, I can't seem to stop throwing myself 100% into friendships that I think are worth my effort.
I just don't understand why, while they obviously couldn't care less about keeping in touch with me, I feel so sad thinking about how close we used to be.
I guess all this is part of the bigger lesson I have learned which is to be extremely grateful for the true friends I do have. Knowing they are hard to come by, I do my best to maintain our relationship. Whatever the distance may be.
If they feel the way I do about it, they know its worth the effort.
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