Story Peeps Change Lives

Time changes all things,but not always for the best.

Written by Keith brando

After celebrating my 33rd birthday, I get very nostalgic for all the friends I have known through my travels and times, Some just passing friends to kill time with, others very special friends that you never ever forget, but as time dredges on, people change I guess.

I recently found a person that when I was 13 was very special to me, very special. Though to a 13 year old how the hell do you describe what’s in your heart, how to you voice the emotions that you’re feeling without fear that you will be demonized or ostracized. After almost 20 years of looking for this person, by chance and with the help of some very nice people I happened upon her, but it did not go the way I thought,

I can remember tears and heartfelt promises and truthful words being told with such fervor and sincerity the night I left, I remember keeping my eyes on her the whole time through the rear windshield of my parent’s car until her image wasn’t even a blur as we left that tiny northern town. And for almost every single day I kept her memory alive inside my mind, never allowing myself to let the memories become tattered and torn and frayed around the edges. When I got the email from her saying hello after almost 20 years of silence my heart almost leapt out of my chest, and I had a hard time catching my breathe and removing the smile that was on my face for days. But only a few emails talking of old times was all there was to our reunion, now emails go unanswered as time goes on. And I feel so foolish for over-romanticizing all that happened when I was just a dumb kid. Now there are husbands and kids and all the things that grownups do in the picture and absolutely no room for me.

Now so many years later, we are strangers again.

You can loose friends in so many different ways, but to lose them to the passage of time and change has got to be the worst.

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0 #1 Common sentiments.... — 4me2know 2011-05-16 16:36

I enjoyed reading your thoughts. I can identify to some extent. Life just has a way of changing us all, huh? Still, I have no regrets about the people, places, things and events in my life that have helped bring meaning into my life, even though sometimes, many times, they only exist as memories.

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