A rare moment of social interaction for me today as I met up with one of my oldest friends from my high school years. A simple breakfast for two at a local restaurant (Caf\u00e9 Lani).<\/p>\n
Coffee, carbs and conversation. Not bad for a Saturday morning, certainly not bad for someone in my shoes. I normally don’t eat out these days. Too many crowds, too much feeling like I’m about to crawl out of my own skin but it was good to catch up with a friend I haven’t seen in person in like eight years. We spoke of the ups and downs of life, family, politics. Nothing earth shattering but comfortable.<\/p>\n
It is rare that you have friends that you can pick up after years and still carry on a conversation and I suppose that goes to how I’ve often chosen to make friends. Caliber and closeness of friends over quantity has always been my thing. I don’t keep a very big circle but the friends I do keep, I hope feel comfortable being themselves around me, good or bad.<\/p>\n
I don’t know what 2017 will hold for me. 2016 felt like a year of loss, a year where I made mistakes, lost my way, lost parts of myself and my past. Maybe the upcoming year will be a chance to rebuild and climb back to something resembling ‘normal’. Truth be told I don’t even know what normal is these days.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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