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"have you grown taller?" ... i laughed and hugged her. how, had she even taken a good look at me? didn't she notice i've grown ... sideways! hahhaha!
"i'm so glad to see you!" Over the next four days we spend together, i must've said it a couple of time --- in between exclamations of not seeing each other for 16 years --- "finally, nagkita ra gyud ta!" hehehehe!
in between the car ride, our trips to several museums and attractions, we spent it talking, laughing, playing catch up and "remember when" ... about the time wrote each other letters in class, the time we had our class picture taken, our classmates, the after-school get-togethers. when we got home we did some more catching up ... about her kid, her fiancee, life in Iraq, being in the Army and what happened after she left for Guam ... and about my life after sixth grade up till now.
when spent her last day in south dakota with just the two of us this time. we went to the city and spent shopping for souvenirs, had lunch and shopped some more. there wasn't a big production when we say goodbye that afternoon. we said our goodbyes and hugged. i should have hugged her harder, because the instant the airport lobby doors closed, i missed her intensely.
they always say that absence makes the heart grow fonder ... yet more often than that, it also makes people forget ... the reality of a person is blurred by the years and miles between them. yet on drive back home, i realized that our friendship has not rusted at all over time ... because for people who really matter to each other, absence makes no difference whatsoever.
"i'm so glad to see you!" Over the next four days we spend together, i must've said it a couple of time --- in between exclamations of not seeing each other for 16 years --- "finally, nagkita ra gyud ta!" hehehehe!
in between the car ride, our trips to several museums and attractions, we spent it talking, laughing, playing catch up and "remember when" ... about the time wrote each other letters in class, the time we had our class picture taken, our classmates, the after-school get-togethers. when we got home we did some more catching up ... about her kid, her fiancee, life in Iraq, being in the Army and what happened after she left for Guam ... and about my life after sixth grade up till now.
when spent her last day in south dakota with just the two of us this time. we went to the city and spent shopping for souvenirs, had lunch and shopped some more. there wasn't a big production when we say goodbye that afternoon. we said our goodbyes and hugged. i should have hugged her harder, because the instant the airport lobby doors closed, i missed her intensely.
they always say that absence makes the heart grow fonder ... yet more often than that, it also makes people forget ... the reality of a person is blurred by the years and miles between them. yet on drive back home, i realized that our friendship has not rusted at all over time ... because for people who really matter to each other, absence makes no difference whatsoever.
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