Monday, June 30, 2008

making old friends new

So one of my school chums who didn't get to go to the reunion called me on the phone today. We talked for close to two hours. Catching up, reminiscing, and laughing. It was wonderful. This is a person who in school was always a smiling face, good at everything, and smart to boot. Above all, she was a really nice person in a world where she didn't really have to be. I have a feeling she still is. How cool is that?

Its probably been 20 years since I saw her last, and she lives in a whole 'nother part of the country these days, pretty much in a whole 'nother world, with culture, museums, and lots more people than live around here. Still she said, she misses "home."

I hope we can leave time in our lives for each other and hold onto this renewed friendship. This is a person worth having as a friend. All this talk of Reunion and high school and reconnecting doesn't really speak to all that we have let go of in our lives to get where we are going. Of course you can't keep it all. Of course you can't go back. What you left isn't there any more. But you CAN create something new and good, and it could be a little easier when you are starting with something sort of familiar.

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