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Today I caught up with a special friend. It was a much needed catch up. We haven’t seen each other in weeks, although we text most days. He is my “soul mate”, when I am with him I feel complete. Together, we have been through so much. Tears, laughter, anger – you name the emotion we have shared it together. He has held me tight through the bad times and celebrated the good times with me. Without him I am lost.
We have been friends for 19 years. He deserves a medal for putting up with me for so long. I’m sure I am one of the reasons the grey hairs are creeping in at his youthful age.
So we went for a coffee. 9am and he picks me up and we drive to a well-known Coffee Shop (can it really be that this place has one of these coffee houses? Wow! Getting with-it then sleepy town). We park up and run through the rain. Laughing, we order our coffee and start chatting with the easiness that is between us, you would never have guessed that it had been so long ago that we last got to spend some time together.
We chat about work, his and mine, we discuss the future. Some crazy ideas and massive changes were put forward and talked about. Wow, he has some choices to make. In some ways I am envious of the opportunities that he has opened up for himself. He has worked so hard to get where he is, and to be in demand like he is, well that’s just great. I really hope he gets to follow his dreams – just hope that those dreams don’t take him into another time-zone to me for that length of time. I’m not sure I could cope with missing him so much.
He has to get to work, so we run through the rain again and head back to reality. We chat all the way home, and finally we hug. That warm safe hug that I never want to break away from. I am still amazed by his tenderness and gentleness. The quiet strength that comes from being in his arms. I will miss him, until we get to catch up again. I hope that I’ll see him again soon, however I know that my home care shifts are awkward, and his working hours are unimaginable, and catching up again this side of Christmas will be a major challenge.
Still, it was great to see him, and until next time, I will settle for the texts, and treasure every moment I get to spend with this very special friend.