my dear friend maria returned to pittsburgh for a week's visit from madrid for the first time since we graduated in 2006 and it was as if she had never left. i find it amazing that it's possible to have a friend across an ocean with whom the connection is strong enough that we can see one another incredibly infrequently and each time feel as if nothing has changed (maybe it's also that we/i would rather ignore the passage of time because it means i'm getting older).
still, she's leaving today and i have this really melancholy feeling because despite all of the wonders of modern technology that give us the ability to communicate virtually and our capacity to jump right back into a friendship after much time has passed, i still wish a 7+ hour plane ride weren't necessary to share a drink or give her a hug. that day-to-day contact even if it's to go grocery shopping together or wave as we run into each other by chance on the street is lost. i'm grateful to have friends and family in far reaching places, and to have the chance to visit them when i time and money permit, but i also wish i could shrink the geographic distances between us so all we'd have to do is walk down the block for a monthly dinner party. :)
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