Friendship

How do people evolve without the tools of their childhood? How does one go off to college and become an adult without the crutch that is our friends? It seems so unlikely that I will keep in touch with all of my current friends after they have all moved on to their careers, and that scares me. I want to have that "childhood friend" that I've been with for years and years. A friend that can come and meet my children and tell them stories of the crazy antics we pulled back in our youth. A friend that my children can feel safe with. Someone they have known since they can remember. I want that. In reality, most people will move away, and think about you once every couple of years. Maybe skip your high school reunion so they wont have to feel shame when seeing your face. I think about these things, and they are so viable that it is frightening. Why is it that friends can't be nearly as close as an actual blood sibling? Some things in life, I will never understand.