I recently saw one of my dearest friends in person for the first time in over 3 years. We’ve stayed in close touch, but the years we’ve been physically apart have been ones of huge difficulty and change for both of us, so I felt some nervousness that we wouldn’t feel as much natural ease together as we used to. But in the very first moment of seeing each other, we both burst out laughing — the strangeness of life and intensity of all we’ve been through coming up in the only way it could, through deeply connective laughter. From that moment on, I knew I had nothing to worry about. To be able to hold heartbreak, pain, and loss together, and to still be able to laugh and revel in the absurdity of it all: that’s a depth and quality of friendship that I feel so lucky to have in my life. -Rose Gallogly (CLF)
Reach out to a friend you haven’t been in touch with in a long time.