There are some people you say goodbye to and it’s forever. Or at least you think you do. When old friends resurface it’s usually to meet for drinks, to catch up, and then disappear. Again. When old boyfriends resurface it’s complicated. Because like old friends they know you. But better. And like old friends, you [...] Read More…
Over the past six months I have had several people from my past resurface. I have reconnected with old friends who weren’t really just friends. And reconnected with a dear friend who was. Despite a five year hiatus we met for dinner, apologized for our absences, and over bowls of pasta once again, became just [...] Read More…
Suckerpunched. That’s how I felt yesterday upon checking the mail and discovering a letter from The Firefighter. I would recognize his handwriting anywhere – all capitals – very severe, but somehow elegant. I turned the envelope over in my hands and waited until getting to the stairwell to open it. I couldn’t even read it [...] Read More…
Totally caved. Finally Googled The Firefighter after 15 months. Not sure what I was expecting to find. An engagement story? A birth announcement? An online wedding registry? Found nothing of the sort. Just a listing for his old company and a newspaper article from 2007. Whew. Read More…
We met standing over a box of free kittens outside a Safeway in the South Bay. He was silent and stepped back as I patted the kittens and chatted with his friend. But it was him I wanted to talk to. We met unexpectedly again three months later during an interview I had at [...] Read More…