Dear Diary, what bothered me a few days ago no longer bothers me. It's rare but it happened and it's not worth losing sleep for, especially when it has no effect on my well-being whatsoever.
An old friend came to mind. We were good friends for a few years but it's been a long time I forgot completely about her until recently. No one mentioned her to me at all, so I'm not sure what caused it. No one in my life now knows her, in fact no one in the last 20 years of my life knows her. I'm truly surprised I remember her as if it was yesterday. Those were pleasant memories and she was all around a pleasant person to be around with, maybe still is now.
I had no idea what made her stick around when no one else did. We were total opposites. She couldn't care less about study, I did, because all I wanted at the time was graduate with good marks and get a job and live on my own, a total control over my own life. She was fun, girly, her laughter was contagious - I was almost indifferent to everything she loved. Her skin, facial features and hairstyle, just perfect, way better than any other girls in schools including those wannabe-popular ones who made so much effort without success. I had nothing of what she had, yet she stuck around for a few years.
I was both happy and sad when she met a new friend, but they were good together and she looked happier, she laughed more. The new friend was critical of me, I didn't like that, but she was right. I gradually came to realization that they were better without me, and things happened, and so we were no longer friends. As far as I know, they were still friends years after that. We went to different schools after graduation, no contact whatsoever.
To you, old friend, I hope everything is going well in your life. You stuck around when no one else did. You defended me when no one else bothered. I never said it, but it meant a lot to me. I never said it, but you are the most beautiful and fearless girl I've ever known. You may not realize it, but it's rare to find someone beautiful inside out. If anyone ever makes you think otherwise, they don't know you, don't let that get you down. I hope you are blessed the same way I was blessed with you and your friendship. Life is short, take good care of yourself. If our paths ever cross again, I hope to see you happy, enjoying life, in the company of people who treat you the way you deserve to be treated, nothing less.