checking in

i'm the kind of relationship person that likes to "check in".  i never really thought about it before.  it's a reach out and touch. or text. or call.  i do it as naturally as breathing.  but i have learned to not do it.  i have learned that people think that i'm strange.  i think....it's nice.  not having a reason to call.  just simply caring.   i care a lot.  painfully so.  somehow i've always had a sense of wanting to "check on" those that i care about.
i think that it has something to do with the idea of learning so very young how life is fragile.  life is short.  not to take it forgranted.  i lost much very young.  it changed me.  but i don't think that it's a bad thing.  i am happy with it.  though i try to be more considerate of others and not "bothering" them when there's no exact reason.  guess i've never been able to put to words why it's important to me.  that it's simply in how i'm wired.
i check in.  with my kids.  with my dogs.:) with my friends.  with my coworkers.
been thinking today how i was made to feel badly about it...but really, it's a pretty nice thing.  people are important.  shouldn't be a special occasion to let them know that.
blessings.