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Jan. 24th, 2007 12:35 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
piplover A few days ago I got a call from my best friend. We haven't spoken to each other in probably over a year, and I had lost her number somwhere between moving from my mom's house to the old apartment. But I was thinking about her on my brithday, wondering what she was up to, and a few days later she called.
The funny thing is, we have always been this way. I'll start thinking of her and get a call a few days later, or I'll suddenly have the urge to call her and the first thing out of her mouth will be, "I was just thinking of you!" But what truly amazes me is that no matter how much time passes between talking to her, we pick up as if no time has past.
The funny thing is, neither one of us remember how we became friends. In fact, we started out as mortal enemies. Our fourth grade teacher, oh so many, many years ago, forced us to sit together, and we had detested each other so much we put a line of tape down the center of the desk to keep the other from crossing over, lol! But neither of us remembers what brought us together.
I do know that she has been through absolute shit in her life, though, and that our friendship by necessity has always been puncutated by long periods of not speaking to each other. You see, her father had tried to kill her mother in front of her, and her mother, after fleeing the hospital in fear of her life, had fled the state as well, taking Krista with her. We would go sometimes up to a year without speaking to each other, and then her mom would come back in town for a while, and the two of us would pick up as if no time had passed. Then she would have to move again and another long stretch of silence.
Krista and I have been friends for about 22 years, and I can honestly say that I have never met another person who finsihes my sentences for me, even after so long apart. Seriously, if I didn't do the same thing to her, it would be freaky. As it is, I think I'm just going to count my blessings, say a prayer for her becuase she stil has a lot to overcome, and make sure I put her new phone number someplace I can't lose it. But even if I do, I know that a year from now or two year, I'll hear from her again. And we'll pick up right where we left off.
The funny thing is, we have always been this way. I'll start thinking of her and get a call a few days later, or I'll suddenly have the urge to call her and the first thing out of her mouth will be, "I was just thinking of you!" But what truly amazes me is that no matter how much time passes between talking to her, we pick up as if no time has past.
The funny thing is, neither one of us remember how we became friends. In fact, we started out as mortal enemies. Our fourth grade teacher, oh so many, many years ago, forced us to sit together, and we had detested each other so much we put a line of tape down the center of the desk to keep the other from crossing over, lol! But neither of us remembers what brought us together.
I do know that she has been through absolute shit in her life, though, and that our friendship by necessity has always been puncutated by long periods of not speaking to each other. You see, her father had tried to kill her mother in front of her, and her mother, after fleeing the hospital in fear of her life, had fled the state as well, taking Krista with her. We would go sometimes up to a year without speaking to each other, and then her mom would come back in town for a while, and the two of us would pick up as if no time had passed. Then she would have to move again and another long stretch of silence.
Krista and I have been friends for about 22 years, and I can honestly say that I have never met another person who finsihes my sentences for me, even after so long apart. Seriously, if I didn't do the same thing to her, it would be freaky. As it is, I think I'm just going to count my blessings, say a prayer for her becuase she stil has a lot to overcome, and make sure I put her new phone number someplace I can't lose it. But even if I do, I know that a year from now or two year, I'll hear from her again. And we'll pick up right where we left off.
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Date: 2007-01-24 09:38 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2007-01-25 01:29 am (UTC)I have a friend like that too; I consider him a brother, actually, since high school. He was my best man at my wedding and we often end up losing touch through moves and all, but end up seeing each other occasionally. I worry that I've changed or he's changed, but once, after 7 years of only talking about once a year, seeing him in person was still wonderful.
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Date: 2007-01-30 04:38 pm (UTC)I'm ex-army also and I live in the North-West (Portland) and we both love McShep and the A-Team too!
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Date: 2007-02-03 07:40 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-02-03 01:53 pm (UTC)I'm a Murdoch fan. :)