Every so often, my parents ask me, \”What happened to [insert name]?\”

In any life, the people you used to know 5 years ago aren\’t the same people you know now. The people you knew a year ago may have drifted or stayed. But in all lives, people come and ago. Some people say that the ones that matter stay, but it\’s not that. It\’s the circumstance and the context.

Recently, I got in touch with someone I knew 6 years ago. I mentioned that I was in Southern California in early June and he (playfully) scolded me for not calling him. But to me, it was an awkward situation. We aren\’t the same people as we were when I was on the brink of college. We wouldn\’t connect the same way as we did before. But it\’s the reconnection of what used to be, not what it is now.

A friend told me once how he would visit San Francisco to see his elementary school friends. They were people he wouldn\’t associate with if he met them now. And yet, he would travel cross-country to see them. For their connections as children and the time that has passed for friendship.

What I wonder is at what length is a friendship so strong that it is nearly engraved in stone? More than 4 years ago, I was friends with someone who I can say did make an impact on my life. The shared gossip, the internet drama, our quirks. And so time has passed. And we move on but we can only remember the great moments.