2024-08-14: feeling it today

leaving where i grew up was deeply necessary and put me in a position to get on with the rest of my life. but some days, like today, i feel the side-effects acutely: friends i never get to see, friends who've faded into the background as years pass, and then decades.

nobody ever tells you just how hard it is keeping friends past your twenties. how the people who seem like they'll be there forever move away, or pass away, and how difficult it is to meet people you connect with, make great friendships like you used to.

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