Scared English Major ™

Do you ever get an irrepressible urge to spend time with someone, but you can’t because you don’t really know them anymore?

Like maybe you knew them years ago, or you started getting to know them but then lost touch, but you haven’t seen them in months (or years even) and because it’s been so long you can’t just, like, text them out of the blue.

And the question that runs through your head is “would they even remember you?”

But all you want to do is text them and make sure they’re okay and tell them you miss them, but you can’t because you no longer know them...

And they no longer know you.

Have you ever had an interaction with someone that made you feel instantly connected to them?

For me, it’s the memory of hugging my distant cousin at a funeral. I was so sad I could barely speak and they just held me in a tight hug and told me it was going to be alright.

They had on this giant faux fur coat that was so soft and warm...

The hug lasted no more than a few seconds, but it felt like eternity. It was so peaceful.

I’m not close with my cousin and I haven’t talked to them since, but I think about that interaction a lot and it always makes me feel really connected to them...

A while ago I met this person, and when I looked at them it was like I saw myself mirrored back. And other people would make comments that we seemed oddly connected.. and like I never got close to them, but I kinda wish I had.. :(