Everyone I know is all grown up, and completely different than what I remember them being. I know for a fact that I’m a lot different than I was in high school. High school was two and a half years ago for me, yet I still feel connected with all of my friends, but I don’t even talk to 75% of them anymore, and that number is being generous.
The group of friends I associate with in college are pretty much all from the same high school or surrounding high schools and have known each other for years, and while I’ve known them for a reasonably long time, I’m still the newcomer.
I wonder what I would be like if I stayed around all of my friends from high school, if I went to Wayne State or MSU or U of M instead of leaving everyone I knew and went out here to GVSU. I think I’d be a lot different than I am right now, or would I? My friends here aren’t all that different than my friends from back home.
Do I miss Fraser? Yeah, sometimes I really do. I have great memories from some great people, and I got to find a girl that I’m still with. I also have horrible memories from some equally horrible people. I remember me and 4 of my best friends sitting in a field playing frisbee and having a great time. I miss all the “bands” I used to be in. I miss how I had confidence in everything I did and everything came easy to me.
But that was a small world, and there is so much more out there to experience. I love seeing all of my friends, and even though I don’t communicate with them, I still think of them as my closest. But I guess the whole point of this is that no matter where you go - you’re still the same person. I’m Bob LeRoy in Fraser and I’m Bob LeRoy in Grand Rapids. I still have the same faults and quirks. I’m still the same guy. But, I still wonder where I really belong. And even deeper, do I really belong anywhere, or do I even need to belong anywhere? Does it matter where I’m at and does is affect who I am?
“East side love is living on the west end.” -Anthony Kiedis
