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Every so often, my husband and I will get to talking about something from the past and one of us will bring up an old friend or someone we saw quite a bit many years ago. And we’ll wonder what ever happened to them, if they’re still alive, if they moved away. It’s strange how you lose touch with people when your life changes.
Lately, I’ve played that little ‘Where Are They Now’ game with my older kids. They’ve been out of school for a while - my oldest son for almost a decade! - so they’ve lost touch with some friends. My second son is in Hawaii so except for a handful of forever friends, he’s lost touch with many as well. My third son has had to walk away from a number of friends because he can’t be around their drug use. He gave his friend Branson lots of chances but after a while, he just had to turn his back on him.
Anyway, my husband and I got on that wondering thing the other night. I think we discussed every person we’d known together as a couple, from the time we met until now. Afterward, I wondered to myself whether anyone in this great big world ever thinks about us and wonders where we are or if we’re still together, living in the same place, that kind of thing. And I couldn’t help but think that it’s these kinds of thoughts about people from our pasts that keep them alive beyond their time on earth. We live on in the memories of those we have touched.
That seems to be a pretty good reason to leave a positive impact on those around us.
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I always wander about people from my past. I have found facebook has reconnected me with some of these people and it’s a great thing to find out how everyone is going.
I hope I can sit there with my partner and have a similar discussion one day.