losing touch
I got a call from home a 1 1/2 years ago about a death, and ever since then there have been many occasions when someone calls and I feel like it's going to happen again. Well, it did, but it was different. She died 6 months ago, but we didn't know because we've lost touch with her family. I looked up the obituary yesterday and I just couldn't believe it. That it happened, that I didn't know for so long. It felt strange to grieve after such a long time had passed. This person was a significant part of my life while I was growing up, and to understand that I won't see her again (even though I don't think I really expected to) is impossible right now.
The process of un-knowing someone when you don't have contact anymore, whether it was by choice, argument, or circumstance, is hard enough but to "lose" that person when you don't even "have" them in your life anymore...I feel very disconnected.
The process of un-knowing someone when you don't have contact anymore, whether it was by choice, argument, or circumstance, is hard enough but to "lose" that person when you don't even "have" them in your life anymore...I feel very disconnected.