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so much joy
Dec. 30th, 2018 01:02 amNot too long after moving to Sweden I lost touch with one of my oldest friends. Scott and I had gone to high school together, and kept in touch though all my moves thereafter, speaking on the phone at least several times a year, and hanging out often whenever I was in Anchorage. I introduced him to his wife, who is also an amazing and delightful person. But not too long after I moved to Sweden his email address quit working, and I didn't feel like I had the cash to do an international call, and the years slipped by. Every so often I would think of calling, but it was the wrong time of the day to reach a land line in Anchorage. Scott and Jenny had a blog, but the last time I checked it, it hadn't been updated in years. Still, I often thought of him.
Then I flew to Seattle to spend time with mom and my sisters before mom died, and I asked my sister, Kirsty, who has also stayed friends with Scott (despite (or because of?) having dated him when they were young), if she had heard from him lately. She said that he had been crap at keeping in touch, but the last time she checked their blog he and the wife and kid were doing well. Kid??? They weren't even thinking of having a kid when last I heard from them. Their daughter is six years old! Much too much time has elapsed since last we spoke, and, indeed, the blog, which was neglected since last I saw it, has been updated. But we were busy, and then mom died, and I didn't try to call him while I was in Seattle.
Then, the other day, Anne posted to FB a a link to Mark Geisler's newest song, and Jenny commented on it, which made me happy, as last time I had looked for her on FB she wasn't there, but now she is. So I sent her a contact request, and we exchanged a few messages that evening, and she gave me Scott's mobile number and current email address. Tonight I had time, so I called him, and got to talk for half an hour before it was time to take his daughter to see his mom, so I sent him greetings for his mom (who is a wonderful lady).
In addition to re-connecting with old and dear friends, I also found out that even though I couldn't skype into the last Mist's Bardic College meeting (due to my plane landing in Seattle about the time it would have ended), they looked at my song anyway, and suggested some very good improvements--I had just missed the FB post due to travel. So I tried again to find a bard to perform it at 12th night, and think that I found one. Life is good.
Then I flew to Seattle to spend time with mom and my sisters before mom died, and I asked my sister, Kirsty, who has also stayed friends with Scott (despite (or because of?) having dated him when they were young), if she had heard from him lately. She said that he had been crap at keeping in touch, but the last time she checked their blog he and the wife and kid were doing well. Kid??? They weren't even thinking of having a kid when last I heard from them. Their daughter is six years old! Much too much time has elapsed since last we spoke, and, indeed, the blog, which was neglected since last I saw it, has been updated. But we were busy, and then mom died, and I didn't try to call him while I was in Seattle.
Then, the other day, Anne posted to FB a a link to Mark Geisler's newest song, and Jenny commented on it, which made me happy, as last time I had looked for her on FB she wasn't there, but now she is. So I sent her a contact request, and we exchanged a few messages that evening, and she gave me Scott's mobile number and current email address. Tonight I had time, so I called him, and got to talk for half an hour before it was time to take his daughter to see his mom, so I sent him greetings for his mom (who is a wonderful lady).
In addition to re-connecting with old and dear friends, I also found out that even though I couldn't skype into the last Mist's Bardic College meeting (due to my plane landing in Seattle about the time it would have ended), they looked at my song anyway, and suggested some very good improvements--I had just missed the FB post due to travel. So I tried again to find a bard to perform it at 12th night, and think that I found one. Life is good.
