Tonight I received a phone call from an old friend, Doug, whom I haven’t talked with or even seen in, oh, about 5 years or more. We spoke for about an hour and a half catching up on what’s been going on in each other’s lives, how the families are doing, etc. It was really nice to hear from him.
Of course, when you don’t hear or speak with someone for years you get a mixed bag of news: some good, some bad; but it also brings to light how quickly time goes by. Marriages, divorces, births, deaths… things that happened over a decade ago still feel like new but when you really begin to think about them bits and pieces of the details of the event(s) get lost in your memory.
Me? I’m horrible about communicating with friends, even those I live near much less went to high school with. I wish I was better at it (especially since I used to be), but I’m not. The best way to catch me is via email, or even better is to meet me face to face; I’m great at conversation but not so hot when it comes to the phone or (ick) snail mail. But I hope to get better about contacting the people I know and love. At least I got Doug’s email address… so now I really have no excuse.
Not a good one, at least.