...and I never thought it would feel this good. Did you ever have that anxious feeling of meeting a longtime friend after years of separation? You know, the kind when you worry that you just might not get along the way you used to? Afterall, it's been four or so years that you haven't been together. Surely, time has changed one or both of you.

This is exactly how I was feeling last week at the prospect of meeting my bestfriend who left for Canada in March, exactly four years ago. We were bestfriends since college, and having to work in different companies and different fields after graduation didn't get in the way of our being the best of pals. We remained inseparable. Until, of course, she got married and moved to Canada with her husband.

We kept constant communication all these years; emails, chat and phone calls are subtle ways of bridging the miles between us, though nothing would ever come close to the joy of having your bestriend with you physically especially during the important milestones in your life. She missed my wedding. I had to hear her birthing story on the phone. I missed her son's first birthday party. She missed Miguel's party as well.

Fast forward to today. She came home to take her mom to Canada with her. We've been talking about her homecoming since January and as the time drew nearer, I felt more and more anxious about meeting her. When, at last, we met, it felt exactly like four years ago. It's as if time didn't pass. Of course our topics of conversation now have a wider variety--the newest and most interesting addition, of course, is parenting. I've gathered bits and pieces of useful parenting info from her which I'm excited to put into practice eventually. I am amazed at how much we've changed, and yet we are still on the same wavelength. We instantly picked up where we left off. We still laughed at old jokes in the same kind of witch-like manner, lol :) Time played a fool of us once again, that before all our stories of four years had been shared, it was almost time to go.

On Sunday, she'll be going back to Canada and who knows when we will meet again. I could almost wish she doesn't have to leave. But for now, I am comforted by the fact, that the kind of friendship we share will never fail us...no matter the time and place that may come between us.