30 Letters: Day 14: Dear Drifted Away

A letter to someone who I've drifted away from.

Dear Grace,

It's funny to me, how we used to be so close and now we both live in such entirely different worlds.  We've been through a lot together, and survived it all; however our friendship took quite a few hits.  

Starting back in High School, when we had the rule of the theatre and we were in our element.  Our little group of friends, our freedom to do as we wished, it was a great time to be young and alive.  Sometimes I think back and miss those days when we'd meet on a Saturday and work on shows together, or skip the school assembly and walk up to Buns and Brews. 

Then came college, and I followed you up from our little farm town to Ogden.  We lived just around the corner from each other, so we could quite often just walk over and hang out.   We grew into our own spirituality, celebrated festivals and holidays with Cat and her group... Every time I catch a whiff of fall or see a pumpkin I think of you.

Living together turned out to be the biggest hit.  No matter how much you love someone, it doesn't mean you can always live well with them; we certainly didn't.  I'll admit, we had some good times together, but we also fought more then than we ever did in our entire friendship.  I'm cluttered, your tidy; our work schedules were so vastly different and so were our ideas of work and productivity.  Not to say either of us were wrong, just different.  At that point we sped off in different directions and didn't even speak to each other for 3 months.  

I'm so glad that over the last few months we've started reconnecting and keeping in better touch.  Each of us making an effort to see each other when you're in town, or the one time I visited San Francisco. However, no matter how much we try, I don't think we'll ever be as close as we once were. 

I love you dearly, and I hope life brings you everything you've ever wanted.

Need to reconnect?  Speak it!