A Christmas Miracle

On December 22th, I was on my way to my Mom. I had just left my apartment, and was walking to the closest bus stop to take a bus to central station, when I saw a guy driving towards me on his bike. Suddenly he smiled at me, and after a while I finally realized who it was: my former best friend Udo. I haven't seen him or even talked to him in almost 8 years. Seeing him again felt so good and made me very happy.

Although we didn't talk for such a long time, I felt very close to him. He is (or at least was) one of the very few people whom I can tell my problems openly. I'm very good in acting like everything is ok, even when I'm sad. Most people buy it. But I couldn't trick him, he always knew when something's bothering me.

Our friendship was very close. We saw each other almost every day. We were living 45 minutes apart, but I think I was able to drive it even being blindfolded. We were both living in small villages in the mountains, and we were driving to Stuttgart together at least twice each week. We hung out in clubs together each weekend. We also visited many themeparks--he's also addicted to roller coasters.

I also remember warm summer nights where we were sitting on meadows, and watching the stars.

When I moved to Stuttgart, he moved to another city. And he was working while I was free and vice versa.

You've probably seen me wearing a necklace on pictures, or my real-life friends have seen it for sure. It's a foreign coin from Spain with a hole in the middle on a black leather lace. He gave it to me a long, long time ago. I'm still wearing it almost every day in rememberance of our friendship. I should have showed it to him last week. I don't think he knows that I'm still wearing it. But probably he has seen it anyways.

Unfortunately I didn't have much time because I had to catch the bus. He turned around and walked to the bus station together with me. He's moved to Stuttgart, and is now living within walking distance. I was surprised he still knew my cell phone number by heart. There was no time to give me his current number. But he said he's going to call me after Christmas so we can meet up. I hope he really does. I would LOVE to get in touch with him again.

Kommentare

That's so great to hear, Rian! Friends make all the difference in the world.

*hugs*

What a beautiful thing to happen just around Christmas!... A good sign indeed, I'd say...
Na und? Wie war's zu Weihnachten? Hoffentlich ganz prima, lieber Rian!
Alles Gute!

Oh that is a wonderful post! Very similar to a post I did today LOL I am happy you found your friend, and I hope that it works out where you can hang out again. People change and we take different paths in life, but you never know what will happen. You may still be able to pick up where you left off, or you may have a different kind of friendship. No matter what, he came back into your life for a reason...

Wow that is fabulous. It is nice connecting with old friends again. Recently I reconnected with my old friend Bridgette. I can't see her because she moved all the way to Alabama (so far away from me) but I try to talk to her on the phone more often. Sometimes the oldest friends are the best! Happy new year!