In an Instagram clip, two childhood friends being reunited has gone viral. Over 25,000 people have enjoyed the wholesome moment @annafromaustin waits behind a hospital curtain as her friend Dr. Allison Kellogg approaches.
Speaking to Newsweek, Anna Lombeida said: “Allison and I have been best friends since we were 12 years old but haven’t lived in the same state since we graduated high school in 2007.
“I moved to Warsaw, Poland, to work in operations at an international bank. I flew from there to Texas to surprise Allison, who was nine months pregnant at the time.”
And it was a success as her best friend could be seen screaming and almost dropping to her knees in shock.
The Mayo Clinic, a nonprofit American academic medical center, has revealed friendships are detrimental to our well-being. Good friends are good for your health. Friends can help you celebrate good times and provide support during bad times. Friends prevent isolation and loneliness and give you a chance to offer needed companionship,
Friends can boost your happiness, reduce stress, and help you cope with traumas, such as divorce, serious illness, job loss, or the death of a loved one.
They can also help you celebrate new opportunities like an exciting job that allows you to travel, pregnancy, and engagements.
There are many perks to a good friendship and being apart may be challenging but thankfully, in this day and age, we have smartphones making things a little bit easier.
Maintaining and developing a solid connection in a long-distance friendship requires time and effort.
As life gets busier, friendship may take a backseat as priorities change causing some people to drift apart, speaking from experience Irene Levine, professor of psychiatry at the NYU School of Medicine, wrote on her blog: “I like to think that the distance separated the more important friendships from the ones that were really just hanging on by a thread or that were more casual acquaintance based on convenience.”
A website dedicated to maintaining long-distance relationships among couples, friends and families has shared some tips:
Share beautiful experiences by sending giftsStick to a schedule to ensure you are both free to chat, even if it’s just a five-minute updateWatch a series or film together—at the same timePlay online games with each otherCreate a two-person book clubInteract and update each other using social media
Newsweek has previously shared a number of heart-warming stories about companionship such as this duo who struck up an unlikely friendship and this 23-year friendship.
Update 10/7/22, 2:14 a.m. ET: This article was updated with comment from Anna Lombeida.
