Sunday, May 14, 2006

Old Friends . . .

Yes, I'm truly initiated into the "search for your past" culture. The internet has given me the power to bring back the past - to an extent. Being in a nostalgic mood one night I put in a search on a well-known "old friends" website for an old girlfriend of mine. A response came back from her partner and I was able to contact her by e-mail. I was also able to find her telephone number and today I talked to her on Skypeout (ain't the internet wonderful?).
The lady in question will remain anonymous because I don't want to embarrass her. She has a happy lifestyle with a long-term partner, a good job which she loves and finds rewarding and her own home in a beautiful part of the Gloucestershire countryside. That is good. But all sorts of feeling swept through my mind as I talked to her. I suppose I'm just an old romantic but memories and feelings don't just die. We worked it out that it must be about 39 years since we met but the fact that we both remember means that, although life goes on, friendships don't die. They may fade but they are always there.
You may think that searching for the past is just nostalgia but think - all the things you did and said in the past, all the people you met, all the relationships you had, all go to make you what you are today. That sounds much too profound and philosophical for a sad 58-year-old.
I think it's time to say . . . nuff said!

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