text: i need help? i was going to a regular school and had two best friends there. but i started homeschooling at 5th grade and we never kept in touch. now i'm in 11th grade and i see my friends at church, but they never come up to me or anything. and when i try to talk to them my nerves get the best of me and i can't think of anything interesting to say, and i sound stupid when i do talk to them. should i try to make new friends or should i try to be their friend again?  and if so, how do i? that's really rough, i was in a similar situation in the 8th grade.  i had gone to public school and then switched to a christian school.  it was hard cuz i left my best friends there, and i did lose touch with most of them.  i see a few of them once in a while now.  we talk cordially, but our lives went in completely different directions - i'm glad about that too, they're all 21-22 with kids.  i guess my best advice to you would be to be nice - say hi, be like - hey we should do something sometime and catch up.  ya know, just play it cool like it doesnt' really matter either way.  good luck!!!