As we walked out of UD Arena yesterday afternoon - giving up moments before the UD Flyers officially lost to Xavier - I declared the day a winner anyway because I ran into Frank and Susan. Frank and Susan as in my - I guess - ex-friend Debbie's brother and sister in law. Two people I love and miss.
I have wonderful memories of parties with all of them at Craig and Lisa's house, St. Patrick's Day downtown and girls nights out. Things happened, Debbie got divorced, we didn't talk for a long time and when we did...I guess we didn't have anything in common any more and somehow I was the friend that got left out. The last time I saw any of them was at the AleFest last July when I very briefly ran into Debbie, Craig and Susan. I got a call from Lisa back before Christmas - she and Craig were at the bar a block from my house and wanted to know if I could come down. I couldn't go but promised we'd to get together once the holidays were over. I've thought about emailing her since but the situation makes me feel almost shy. It's hard to ask your way back into a circle that you've been out of for nearly two years.
I really miss those people, though.
Anyway, I was really surprised when I ran into Frank at the basketball game. And I was nearly flabbergasted to find that he was there with Susan. Seeing her, hugs and all that...it was really nice. I promised to email today so that we can just makes plans to all get together. They and Craig and Lisa have kids so I'm just going to throw the idea out there and let them come up with a date but I won't give up until a time and place is set. I can't believe I've been out of the loop for so long and I can't wait to catch up.
I think I'm going to send that email right now. :-)
Happy for you --- here's to renewed friendships!
Posted by: Kim | 02/25/2008 at 10:40 PM