Dear Friend,
I know that we haven’t spoken in a long while. It’s been even longer since we last saw each other. I can’t imagine the last time that I crossed your mind, but I want you to know that you have been on mine.
Every now and then something trivial and seemingly random will remind me of you. Sometimes it’s a song we sang or danced to together. Sometimes it’s a book or a movie that we used to quote all the time. Sometimes it’s a weird snack that we introduced one another to. Whatever it might be, it makes me smile, because it makes me think of you.
Facebook tells me I have 1,345 friends (today at least). You can imagine how challenging it is to keep up with that many people. I can’t tell how many of them are nearly strangers - friend requests I didn’t want to say no to, but I can honestly say that I do care about so many of those friends. I have crossed many paths with many people, and while I share varying levels of friendship with a great many of them, I am sincerely grateful for them all.
Thank you for every time you made me laugh - you know how I love to laugh. Thank you for the things you taught me that I never would have sought to learn on my own. Thank you for adventures in the sunlight and after sunset, or long past midnight. Thank you for the songs I still sing because you showed them to me. Thank you for songs I wrote that you somehow still remember. Thank you for game nights that didn’t seem to end and accepting my crazy competitive streak. Thank you for every delightful meal that we ever shared - you know that food is a love language of mine. Thank you for all the ways that you made me better - smarter, faster, kinder, wiser. Thank you for every time that you indulged my request for a photograph - I love to look back on those now that time has passed and we are apart.
Friend, I hope that you know what you mean to me. Whatever moments we shared that became fond memories, are like jewels I will treasure forever. Most people are not in our lives forever, and that’s okay. I just want you to know that I am so glad you were in mine for a time and that wherever you are now, I wish the best for you. I hope you’re healthy and happy and thriving. And if you’re not, I hope you’ve found lovely new friends to lean on.
Wishing you the best forever,
Moriah
Art by Christie Walker. Click the image to download and color this verse.