Having Friends
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Years had passed so fast, and so much was lost. I lost some
dear friends, others not that muchÉ I've found back some other
lost and loved friends. My children had grown more than what I
could imagine. My parents aged. My career committed suicide. My
nephews are men and women I love. My son is a great honest
man who I'm so proud of. My daughter is a young woman who I
admire and makes me happy. My city is not mine anymore. A new
city adopted me. I have more wrinkles, more muscles, less waist,
longer hair. I have more conscience. I am younger. I am lighter.
Many things had changed. Others juts don't surprise me. I just
moved to another country and I would miss my friends horribly.
I'd miss Franc and its silly funny lines, Pat Castilho that
wonderful laugh, Edson Perin who laughs without stopping on
any thought of oursÉ Oh my god.. How would I be without these
people?
It was 1996. Far from home, I entered for the first time in the
internet. I clicked on the America Online icon, opened an
account, signed in. Browsing, I got to the entertainment area
and then, by accident, I've found "Hollywood Cafe".
And what I've found there was Francs, Edsons, Patricias and
many others, talking as they were in a great Babette's Fest. I
was fascinated, tempted to chat, but I was afraid to write,
thinking that my English wasn't good enough. I went there one
day, another day, another oneÉ one night when I entered the
room, somebody said: "Hi, Mg". Followed of many other "Hi Mg's".
There was nothing I could do but to follow my impulse and talk
back.
That was the start. One of the best parts of me Ð MgMyself-
came to light and brought the people who changed my life.
People who still have a giant influence on what I think. Some
were brilliant, other ridiculous, some so real others fakes, some
selfish other wonderful. Some amusing, some just plain
interesting. I made friends there. Many. Innumerable. At that
place I discovered that people become so close when they meet
over the Internet.
I've met them in real life sometimes, and one year later I came
back to Brazil.
Time passes and people passed. One more time, many had been
lost but a small number was not. With these few special friends I
talked by e-mails and instant messages during 10 years.
So far and so close, we watched the growth of our children,
graduations, marriages that ended, new relationships,
sadnesses, losses, joys, ChristmasesÉ life.
Last month I had the pleasure to see four of my dearest close
friends: Mary Pat Cantrell, Bonnye and indispensable, infallible
Wendie Dox and Kim Zimmermann. How happy it is?
All this was for saying that life gives us some things that will
never be taken from us. Some friendships and some people are
bigger than any distance. I know and they know that we are
together, even in the other side of the world. I know and they
know that nothing in this planet or in the others can destroy
what we built, from far away, on solid foundations
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