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