John Denver

Did I get your attention?  Two things I've been thinking about today.  John Denver and an old friend of mine who I spoke to on the telephone.  Sometimes things and people from your past are once again in your life for one reason or another.  Facebook has certainly put me back in touch with people that I was sure I would never see or speak to again.  As a matter of fact I avoided going back to my hometown because I didn't want to see anyone.  

My friend Gia gave me a Christmas present that had a few little things in it, and tucked to the side was a cd with John Denver written on it.  This was cute of her because when I was a little girl I loved John Denver,  hippy girl that I am.  Other girls loved Sean Cassidy or John Travolta, or any other of the teen favorites of the time.  I was so excited to hear this music again.  It had been years, maybe decades.  So me and my son put it on and out comes "you fill up my senses" beautiful song.  It sounded so produced.  It was so hokey and plastic I couldn't bring myself to listen to anymore.  Cheesy.  That's the word.  

 Today I spoke with an old friend on the phone.  She sounded great and just like that we're talking like no time has passed at all.  In high school we couldn't have been more different.  She being a vivacious extrovert and myself more retiring introvert.  But inside we were so similar in the way we saw things, the things we did.  Today on the phone, it felt like comfy jeans all worn in at the best places.  She fits just right.

So I think that sometimes there are things from the past that we outgrow, that are no longer a part of our lives for a reason.  Sometimes there are things that we let go of and shouldn't have.  And Sometimes there are things that come back.  Thank goodness.