Old Friends, Good Memories

So like many of you out there, I broke my Yom Kippur fast on caffeine.
I enjoyed the cool feeling of the coca-cola, but late at night while my body ached to sleep I was regretting its caffeinated affect.
As I lie in bed, memories from my past started floating through my wandering mind and I thought of all my friends I had lost touch with and I felt the need to write about it.

When I was younger I had many friends who I thought I'd never lose touch with, we'd always be talking, emailing, hanging out etc. But somehow those long emails came to an end. Living far from most of my friends I used to email quite a lot of people often, we used to keep in touch emailing at least weekly and fitting in a phone call here and there (I'm a run from the phone type of person, inherited from my mother who ironically I'm usually on the phone with). When I got married it became harder to email as often, I was working, keeping house, getting used to having a husband, excuses, excuses. Facebook had become popular so who really needed to email when I could just check their status and photos, comment, and know whats going on?

We lost the personal touch of an email,but it sufficed. But there were the friends who never did get a facebook account but the emails still slowed down to a Mazal Tov or a forward. Now I meet an old friend who I have many good memories with and we share a awkward "Hey!! How are you?" and quick update on life and then we both move on. But when I walk away there's a small sad feeling, this was a girl who I'd emailed at least once a week, I knew the daily going-ons of her days, our meet-ups used to be a joyous hugging reunion. I miss those few friends who I no longer know their latest email address and where their working.

This makes me want to open up my email account, go through old address and email some people :)
I'm glad to have so many wonderful friends,

Mrs. Mommy