One of my best friends was married yesterday, and for the first time since 1994 I got to see several of my high school classmates. Even though I hadn’t seen most of them in ten years it was simple to sit down and laugh together again. As teenagers we depended on each other for support, and finding those bonds to still be strong was a deeply comforting experience. However, despite the fact that we could still see each other in the same light, watching Sarina get married, and knowing that several others will do the same in the next year, drove home the point that things are changing in a very final way. This weekend may have been our last chance to be together as a circle of equals — as more people get married and start having families the dynamic of our circle will be distorted. While marriage and family are positive things, it’s a bit sad to know that a line is being crossed and that there won’t be any going back to the way things used to be.
"My life amounts to no more than one drop in a limitless ocean. Yet what is any ocean, but a multitude of drops?" — David Mitchell