I met Tracy about seven years ago during my senior year of college. I was involved in my longest lasting relationship to date, which lasted four years. She was brought in my life by one of my boys who had been dating her girlfriend. We were all going out to a party that night, and they met up with us to hang out. She was pretty young back then, but even then she had a quality in herself that drew people into caring about her, and maintains that quality still today. We have managed to stay in contact with each other over the years; sometimes frequently and sometimes not so frequently.

At a time when my long-term relationship was in shambles, she was there to listen and allowed me to confide in her. She cheered me up out of a lot of bad moods. On one particular instance, near the end of that 4 year relationship, Tracy asked me to meet her out of town to help put my mind at ease and give me the love and attention that I needed at the time. I did not take her up on the offer and stayed out of contact with her until I was able to deal with my relationship issues with no outside influences.

Since that time, we have reconnected and been closer than ever as friends. We speak on the telephone very regularly and get together and hang out once every couple of months. I had a brief dalliance with one of her closest friends, whom she introduced me too because she thought we would get along – and we did (more than once). Regardless of all of the changes and shifts our friendship has taken, I still care for her very deeply and I still think Tracy would want to marry me later on in life.

I never imagined that Janet and I would develop a friendship. We met in college and were casual acquaintances. There was never anything more than a casual “Hello, how are you?” exchange between us, along with a little small-talk to allow us to catch up with each other. We had many friends in common, but did not quite run in the same circles at the same time. She was always nice to me, and I held her in high regard even though we were not the closest of friends.

After graduating and entering the workforce, the process of reacquainting oneself with the people one has spent the last few years of one’s life getting to know begins. In this day and age, people who have been spread across hundreds and thousands of miles are now just a click away. I can not count the number of emails I received from schoolmates that allowed me to reconnect with even more people. And such was the case with Janet. She contacted me out of the blue one day after seeing my name on someone’s distribution list

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