Send This to Them

When I share stories with my partner of pieces of my life he wasn’t present for, I wonder about the cast of characters. 

When I relay a funny memory from childhood, I wonder if my neighbors know how fondly I speak of them.

When I recount something that happened in middle school, I wonder if that casual acquaintance knows what a difference they made in my life.

When I talk about my early years in New York, I wonder if those welcoming faces know just how much they meant to me.

I suppose I needn’t wonder. 

I suppose I could reach out. 

I have never regretted reaching out. I have never regretted a kind word. I have never regretted an “I know this is random but…” 

I have never truly regretted an I love you. 

So thank you to childhood neighbors. Thank you to high school crushes. Thank you to former coworkers. Thank you to people I met in passing. Thank you to everyone who made my world a little brighter… even if just for one passing season.