One friend became a grandparent. Another became a parent for the first time.
A few are burying a parent. Others still call Dad or Mom every Sunday.
A handful got the clean bill of health speech. A handful got the other kind.
A former colleague's on a third career. Another's doing the one they started at 22, loving it more now than ever.
Half stopped caring what people think. The other half is learning to care what they think of themselves.
You weren't in the room
Your name came up in a room you weren't in, and it went well.
A friend still laughs at what the two of you got away with.
The manual you were handed stopped applying about ten years ago. You've been writing in the margins since.
And you? Which half are you in? Does the answer hold?
Say the thing. Call the friend. Take the trip. Waiting doesn't end on its own.
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