ripple damage

I think I have missed the boat again.  I have a friend, someone that thinks we are only facebook friends, that doesn’t quite realize just how much I depend on him.  Maybe even I have forgotten just how much because he has been training me for independence for years. Now I am being tossed quizzes about teams and friendship. 

Now a proper study guide might have:

A team comprises a group of people or animals linked in a common purpose. Teams are especially appropriate for conducting tasks that are high in complexity and have many interdependent subtasks.
A group in itself does not necessarily constitute a team. Teams normally have members with complementary skills and generate synergy through a coordinated effort which allows each member to maximise his/her strengths and minimise his/her weaknesses. Team members need to learn how to help one another, help other team members realize their true potential, and create an environment that allows everyone to go beyond their limitations.^[1]

Or:

 team  (tm)

n.

1. Sports & Games A group on the same side, as in a game.

2. A group organized to work together: a team of engineers.

3.

a. Two or more draft animals used to pull a vehicle or farm implement.

b. A vehicle along with the animal or animals harnessed to it.

4. A group of animals exhibited or performing together, as horses at an equestrian show.

5. A brood or flock.

6. Obsolete Offspring; lineage.

Ok I am being sarcastic again but I have been trained well for that.  

If you tossed stones in the pond and then regretted the damage being caused by the ripples, could you stop all the waves? We made good sound decisions without thought to just where all the ripples would crash onto shore.  Maybe dear this is just a stretch of shoreline that needs a bit of work to build it back up.  It is all or nothing with me so ready or not here I come.  I am going to bore you with details and stuff.  Truthfully I think when you left for Mass I pick myself up and realized I was going to have to get tough and independent.  In the past few years I have heard you say “what can I do about it?” and I felt it made you sad to think your hands where bound up in the PopsBoat, unable to doing anything.  Rather than depress you, it’s become habit to quietly handle things myself.  Now I see this is only damaging a fragile ecosystem. 

I am a mess ya know…I would be completely lost without you….never mind that I am always lost, I think you make me a better person.  We balance each other out, friend.  If we have skills to relearn, that’s ok because we have time to practice.

Ich liebe, wie wir gespielt hatten, und hatte gelacht. Wir haben das nicht verloren. Kämpfen Sie für uns, geben Sie nicht auf. Ich liebe Sie, Honig!