Dear all,
During my childhood, I did a lot of travelling. I've spent long periods of time( 2 years minimum) in a variety of countries, across continents.
For most part, I love the life I've lived. The different cultures I've experienced all formed some unique part of me, that makes me such an open-minded, diverse being, and I wouldn't have it any other way.
HOWEVER, that doesn't mean there aren't any nuances that come with the life. Recently, I was flashing through pictures of old friends from when I was younger- most of which I have very little relationship with now, because we were far too young when we'd met to keep in touch( basically, before Facebook had peaked amongst 8-yr olds).
And as I skipped through each album, clear-cut memories of different faces, friendships, experiences, and moments soared through my mind- all with a strange mix of happiness, humour, and sadness). I though I'd share them with you:
Have you ever found yourself wandering about the things that never were, are now, and could be?
- I wonder what ever happened to Ahmed?
- I wonder how Rose and Henry broke up?- did they ever go out?
- I wonder if Ido ever learned English properly? Now that I think of it- I don't think it was only language that was the underlying problem in the way he communicated.
- Did Yodi find someone else?
- Did Yabseera- after the countless days of silent( and unnecessary) competition- finally win Yodi over?
- And what ever happened to Adam? And the summer of my 15th birthday, when we first flirted innocently, after years of playful teasing at family holidays?
- I heard he sailed a boat round the world one summer, by the look of things- it did him well.
- I wonder if Lilay kept on acting- if the years below acted out the same play we had starred the leads in- Pandora and her Greek-god husband?
- I hope he's forgiven me for being so openly upset that it was he, not Yodi who got the part.
- And how did Rose end up with that quarter-back type alpha male guy of hers? Don't know why I thought it was never her type.
- Timid 'new-girl', Asma, too- spread her wings and flown. I wish I'd been there to watch her grow.
- And Benjamin(Yodi's best friend) whose actually Bemnet- did I really mistake his name all those years?
- He was always the one who listened, who took me seriously- even at that age when girls had cooties and boys smelt bad.
- And I'd never noticed him- the mellow, thoughtful best friend.
- Was it Bemnet,not Yodi, all along?
-Cathy
