Honesty, availability, loyalty is some of the best qualities a friend can have, and that goes for myself as well. It must be a two way street. I have friends I haven’t seen or spoke with in years, but we both know that at the drop of a dime either side will be there for each other when need be. Then on the other hand, there are those childhood friends that make it a one way street, the ones that you only hear from when you reach out, it’s kinda out of sight out of mind kind of thing. My step father told me when I was younger that the older you get in life the smaller your friend group gets, and I thought he was just saying that because all I wanted to do was hang out with my friends, I would say he was a hater lol, but in all reality and about 25 years later, I kid you not, I sit back and look around and see that he was right there whole time. Now I understand why my parents said don’t rush to grow up son. I tell my now 14 years later old daughter that sometimes, but I don’t want her to think of that as she’s this young, I tell her have fun while you’re young, enjoy life, don’t rush and live in the present moment.