This has been a week of reconnecting to people from the past. I guess I should clarify .... it is not as dramatic as it sounds - I've been in touch with all of them to some degreee over the years - but none of them lately.
Frist, a guy I knew when I worked in Connecticut years ago for about 6 months. We were quite close/involved at the time without actually dating - it was complicated. Every few years we catch up by email - the last time being the time frame between 9/11 and June 2002. This time he called - newly divorced - and we talked on the phone. He may meet me for lunch when I am in NYC in April. For anyone who has read my '100 Things' ... he is one of the four.
Next, I received an invitation to an annual catch-up reunion evening held by the girls from the Elementary School I attended - these are girls I knew when I was 14. They regularly get together and I've only recently been included in the invite. This year is the first I'll be able to attend and I am so thrilled at the prospect of seeing them.
Lastly, today I had coffee with my high school biology lab partner. She was much more than a lab partner - we were great friends - took our first big trip together. We went to Vancouver and Victoria when we were 18. That was a big trip for two young girls. I was with her when she met her husband shortly after we returned from that trip. She has three grown kids - we've been out of touch ever since she married. We ran into each other on the local trails last summer and have planned to get together ever since. It was great catching up with her today.
The other high light of my week has been listening to the soundtrack to the movie 'Garden State'. This is a wonderful CD. All really great songs - the standout moment - listening to the song 'Don't Panic' with the line 'We live in a beautiful world' driving home from a class at the Buddhist temple. It caught me at a moment when I was particularly open to really taking in that thought.
The world is a beautiful place .... I have felt engulfed in it for the whole of the week.
How was the Buddhist temple? I love your reconnecting and want to do that also with people from high school and college. My recent 30 year HS reunion helped me do that for a while, but now that it's over, we've gone back to our busy ways.
Posted by: Margaret | March 20, 2005 at 12:27 AM
I think one of the most valuable aspects of reconnection is the opportunity to look at your divergent and remergent paths. I reconnected with my first love on our mutual birthday a couple of years ago - and it was such a respectful re-acknowledgement of what we had meant to each other and where we are now in our lives. These are great moments!
Posted by: Kimberley | March 21, 2005 at 03:33 PM