long time friends
Mar. 3rd, 2019 06:18 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dancing_crowWhen I was growing up, a pack of us were children of people who sailed. The best of times were when we'd sail together - a bunch of us headed out of Marblehead harbor towards one of the little islands between there and Manchester - and anchor next to an island, or go all the way to Gloucester and through the Annisquam canal to Wingaersheek Beach, and picnic on the beach, splashing through the shallows in yelling hordes, and eventually sailing home again.
There were a lot of boys in this crowd. Us girls had to stick together. So Lisa, 18 months older than me, looked out for me, and I looked out for Kristina, and I think eventually Kristina looked out for someone else. I thought Kristina was the Best Toy Evar. She was smart, and cute and let me hug her, and I named all my dolls after her, and she (she told me today) thought I was magic. It was good. I thought Lisa was magic. It all goes and comes around.
Today I lunch with Kristina for the first time in at least 30 years. I think I last saw her for sure when my weirdly frosty aunt threw Mr Crow and me an engagement party. So 1986.
It was weird. She's nice, she's done a lot of interesting things, I think I'll be glad she's here and local and we will be friends again. But I realize again how much proximity makes, or used to make, us be friends even with very little to base it on.
tl;dr I reconnected with a friend from childhood, I think we will be friends again
There were a lot of boys in this crowd. Us girls had to stick together. So Lisa, 18 months older than me, looked out for me, and I looked out for Kristina, and I think eventually Kristina looked out for someone else. I thought Kristina was the Best Toy Evar. She was smart, and cute and let me hug her, and I named all my dolls after her, and she (she told me today) thought I was magic. It was good. I thought Lisa was magic. It all goes and comes around.
Today I lunch with Kristina for the first time in at least 30 years. I think I last saw her for sure when my weirdly frosty aunt threw Mr Crow and me an engagement party. So 1986.
It was weird. She's nice, she's done a lot of interesting things, I think I'll be glad she's here and local and we will be friends again. But I realize again how much proximity makes, or used to make, us be friends even with very little to base it on.
tl;dr I reconnected with a friend from childhood, I think we will be friends again
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Date: 2019-03-04 05:15 pm (UTC)