There was a girl I knew during my childhood. We were friends, or at least we played together. But, one day her family had to move back to Taiwan. The last time we met, I was so hopeful that we would meet again. For a while, I missed playing with her, but this feeling reached a climax, and was gradually replaced with apathy. As the years went by, the memories faded, but I still remembered being friends with her.
Yesterday, our families had dinner together. It was then that reality hit me. The person I was friends with in the past has changed. I, myself, have changed. It is now doubtful whether any bond exists between us, which was once so tangible.
Well, at least my childhood longing to meet her once again has been fulfilled, after more than 15 years. The wait has been long. Apart from that, no other expectations were fulfilled. It may be time to move on, and for memories that are now so faded that they are hardly recognizable to be updated.
Still, though, it is times like these that cause me to wish I could go back in time, to that time.
Written on August 8, 2010