for that push in the right direction

I reconnected with a friend of mine today that I haven't seen in a few years. (years?!) It's odd because we have gone through very long periods of time not seeing each other, or even speaking, and somehow she still feels like a close friend. It's funny how certain people, especially those who enter your life at pivotal times, tend to stick.

This particular friend was a touchstone of sorts for me in that I believe it was her influence that led me along the path to the life I have now. We were once both simply music fans (albeit fairly passionate music fans) with regular day jobs, regular goals... and then at different (yet sort of overlapping) times we dipped our pens into that world a bit more - so to speak. She started it, and made me aware it could be done.

And for that I must thank her. Because I like where that has taken me and I appreciate the role she played in it.

I hope to see you soon my friend - maybe we'll get to dance together again.