Sandy

I still wonder about Sandy.

She was an interesting friend. Married. Into strange things (at least to me) like neopets.

Friendly though and kind. Able to talk about anything except what was truly important.

She really gets into the whole online idea. Sandy rightly sees it as a fantasy area - mostly. So much happens sometimes and all the noise we see thrown about us from this weird firehose that is the internet can be overwhelming. That grating intensity distracts us from what we are and what we are doing.

We got too close and caught up in too many other small tragedies.

I've gotten good at seeing the pitfalls that lay ahead and prune relationships accordingly. In cutting away some things, you end up hurting yourself as well. You can only hope that this small pain is payment enough for a larger hurt that might have waited just around the bend.

I still miss her though. I wish there was a way to balance the straight forward attractiveness she maintains with everything else.