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same and new
2005-10-20 @ 12:52 p.m.
last night i finally talked to my old friend jessa, from eugene, after reconnecting through a combination of friendster and tribe. it's been over 6 years since we saw each other or talked. i think the last time i saw her was the day i left eugene in december 1998. long ass time. so we had been messaging back and forth online and last night, she called. and after a few rounds of phone tag through evening, there we were, on the phone with each other. and it was so incredible. to be talking again to this person who had been such a core part of my life, my main companion in so many ways, so many years ago. the years that she and i were friends to the point of inseparable in eugene were some of the key parts of my development as a human. and she was witness to that. to those parts of myself that started out as little seeds and grew to be an activist, a writer. we were like straight girlfriends, i've written before. i spent my 21st birthday with her at the late perry's in eugene on drag queen sunday. i have all these great memories with her. the time we sat on skinner's butte watching the sunset, drinking wine and eating french bread & cheese. studying till ungodly hours at the glenwood and in her room at the lorax. i told her last night that still, every so often when i water my houseplants i remember how she would lovingly rub the dust off the leaves of her plants so they could photosynthesize better. and whether that's true or not, it's one of those precious little memories i have. it's the kind of thing we remember about our friends, about the people who have touched our lives and help make us the person we've become.
and whatever happened, how we lost touch, i don't know. and so much happened for both of us in that space of 6 years. but it's so amazing to reconnect, and there we were, talking the same old jessa and rebecca. same, but different, same and new.
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