Old Friends

Today, Susan came over to my house with her two beautiful sons. Susan and I met about ten years ago when we worked in the same office. We didn't work together long, but we recognized each other as kindred spirits and we have been sisters ever since. It's an interesting friendship, however, because our paths have not been perfectly intertwined. Instead, we enter slowly and periodically each other's lives. Checking in. Touching base.

Today was the first time I'd seen Susan since my last wedding day. That was almost five years ago. She lives in another town; we've maintained our relationship via e.mail, mostly. And now, of course, there's facebook. The ever present social networking experience.

It feels good to be with people who know my soul. We haven't seen each other in almost five years, and yet our conversation picked up where we'd left off. We spoke immediately about our mutual passion for writing and books. We shared our experiences with Eckhart Tolle. It makes me want to try harder to make myself more readily available.