If you asked me to sit down and design a wonderful life, it would be close to what I have now. I truly enjoy creative and engaging work, rewarding relationships, and where I live. I'm feeling a void lately though. You could diagnose it as the in-the- 30s-and-still-single malaise. Ok, I'll allow it. But it's not the whole story. Simply, I miss people. It's getting harder and harder to stay connected. In my own cycle of work, grad school, and other things, I feel like people get squeezed into my life rather than being the main event. I want more.
On a regular old Wednesday in the middle of the day I emailed Gianna, my old college buddy. We were part of a group of girls that lived together all four years. In that way, we were more than friends--we were family. The last time we saw each other was a little more than three years ago at her baby shower. Since then, we have exchanged, maybe, a few emails and texts. It's horrible because it became so normal and easy not to talk. She emailed me right back and invited me over for that Friday night--a miracle given her life is so packed with child, husband, family, and medical school.
Our reunion was not filled with fireworks or tearful confessions. Amid all the catching up, sometimes awkward, we just knew each other, knew how to be together--how to laugh at the same old things. I got treated to a home-cooked Italian dinner (Thanks to Gianna's mom). I got to dance around with my new three-year-old little friend, Nica. It was comfortable. It was brief. It was a better normal.
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