[1]18 months ago, one of my closest friends disappeared from my life. With barely any warning or explanation, someone who I’d spoken to almost every day for years, suddenly withdrew. I fervently tried to get in touch, but he didn’t respond. It was unbelievably painful. We’d had great fun during our 15-year friendship, travelling to Europe and Asia together many times, spending holiday weekends at each other’s homes. We’d shared so many experiences. It wrenched my heart, almost like a death. For that first year, I don’t think a day went by that I didn’t think about him. But just today, I realized it doesn’t hurt anymore.
Art by Anatol Knotek [1]