Lost Touch
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Lost Touch
“We forget all too soon the things we thought we could never forget. We forget the loves and the betrayals alike, forget what we whispered and what we screamed, forget who we were. I have already lost touch with a couple of people I used to be…” —Joan Didion, Slouching Towards Bethlehem1
I’ve lost touch with these women over the years, but I’m sure they have their own version of these stories, just as valid as mine.
Priorities shift, responsibilities grow, we make choices. I’m as big a culprit as any. I keep moving to new cities, unable to settle. I see photos of my friends’ kids, and they look so old, and I realize how much I’ve missed. I no longer share in all the biggest developments of their lives. Sending a text, making a call, video-chatting, double-tapp
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