One of a few good Friends!
I read somewhere... that the Eskimos have a hundred different words for snow, they say. Unfortunately, the English language isn't quite as innovative, though it has many ways to differentiate meaning. Certainly, Love is one of such examples which may have different descriptions. And so, is Friendship too.
Instead of different words, however, we're stuck with simple adjectives like Close friend, Best friend, Childhood friend, Intimate friend, Trusted friend, Beloved friend etc. But whether you use adjectives or different words, few can deny the nearly infinite meaning in such a simple word.
Friends are special people. We can't pick our family, and we're sorely limited in the number of them at any rate. Society and mores (and often our own conscience) dictate we select a single mate. But our friends can be as diverse and infinite as the adjectives we choose. Our friends, in a very real sense, reflect the choices we make in life.
I made few good friends, some good aquaintances, met several interesting people and learnt something from everything through my journey of 7 years in the United States.
And when I moved to the golden state, I bumped into this person in sunnyvale, California with whom I seemed share some similar views, experiences and attitude towards life.
She is a talented, smart, bold and beautiful, cool and bindaas with excellant writing skills. Read her mind boggling blogs! (sinusoidalscribbles!).
When I knew her better, I found, she is so real, wysiwyg, most importantly I can relate to her so much though we were two totally different people. Our life, lifestyles, ideas, interests, journey through India to USA for masters, then to sunnyvale where we live n work... and our betterhalfs working more than half way away across USA ...
and today she will be moving back to India for good, better and best!
I will miss her very much. She is one person, I didn't have to pretend, to be someone else, while with her and just enjoyed being myself. I didn't have to be loud nor make up something to be interesting, proclaiming my friendship or affection towards her, it was an unspoken understanding.
This blog will be a little something to remember by some good times with a good friend. It is not so often or easy to find someone whom you can connect with or get along with so well now-a-days, i feel.
Wishing her the best of everythin!
Love, D.
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