once they are there

over the past few weeks, I have had the great fortune of reuniting with several old friends....whether i got to catch up with them on a visit, or through email or even on the phone it made me think......

once they have been there...(a part of your life for a few short hours to a many, many years) I find it comforting and in a odd way fullfilling to know that they can never leave you....your memories, a place with them in your history and theirs.....people make up one another's lives

as i think more about it.....we go through our whole lives being collectors of things-items, moments, and people....single instances that make a person who they were not just moments before

8/06/07.....four years later

things I miss....
the shape of his beard
his weekly phone calls
the birthday cards, letters, and emails all written in capital letters
his laugh
the smell of his aftershave
the sparkle in his blue eyes
knowing you could call at midnight my time, cause it meant that it was only 8pm his time
his peculiar taste in music
knowing that he was there

things I wish I could remember.....
his voice
his laugh
the last time we spoke

things I will never forget.......
our drive in the country
our fun in california
his tears when we would leave to go home
his heart and his love
and the time that he shared it with me