Dear Friend,
Every time I see you, I remember how much I missed you. The older we get, the faster time seems to fly by. It is not always about having fun. Now it's about getting the job done, living life as a way to get from one happy moment to the next. I can't imagine it changing much after graduation, but I think it's a good sign that we realize it now.
We don't always take the time to savor moments of greatness. We don't always take the time to love the people we love.
Yet, amazingly, when we were together today, time seemed to stop for a little bit and make room for our past in the present. I took it as a sign of fate and true friendship. No matter how much time passed since our last visit, we picked up right where we left off.
Before today I convinced myself that it is possible for friends to change to the point of becoming strangers, unable to remain close. Perhaps I convinced myself that that is what we've become.
Thank you for proving me wrong. No matter how much I thought I changed or grew, we still fit together perfectly.
Within five minutes, I felt the comfort that I've known with you for years. I believe that when it comes to true friendship, you leave a part of yourself with that person and take a part of them with you. This is how we affect change in others and how we grow and become different versions of ourselves. Although I thought I knew my present self, today I found a piece of me that I didn't realize I was missing.
At one point in my life, you taught me something new, showed me something I didn't know, shared with me something that changed me, helped me discover a "me" unknown to anyone else but us.
Because of this, days, weeks, months that came between our visits, but you were with me all along.
You will always be a part of me. And if I ever stray, if you ever worry that time will erase what was special to us, just remember that you still have a part of me too.
Yours,
Catherine
P.S. I love you.
