I had another bad night. I woke up at 4:40 and haven’t gotten back to sleep. I tried for about 20 minutes, doing relaxation and guided breathing. No dice.
So I got up about 5 and logged in. And in my email box is a message. At first, I will admit, I stared at the name going, she knows me, who the hell is that? Boarding School? My job in California? Univers…OMG ITS R!!! (I don’t want to use names here).
R and I were best friends for many years at the University of Iowa. We lived on the same hall our first year, which is how we met. Then we lived down the hall from each other our second year. Then we shared an apartment out third year. And then we had a huge fight and never spoke again.
And then there she was, in my inbox, having searched for, I’m not sure what, and found me. 15ish years later.
And it was just the boost I needed today.
I admire her for taking the chance and sending me the email. I mean, our friendship really ended badly. But as she said, that was years ago. And she’s right.
So thanks for doing that google search R. So glad you’re back in my life. Even if its only through email!!!
I applaud her courage and efforts – I have had a friendship end badly and while I think to make the first move, I don’t. Perhaps this will get me moving.