the art of staying in touch - by maja - velvet noise
“We are each other’s harvest; we are each other’s business; we are each other’s magnitude and bond.” —Gwendolyn Brooks Last week, I called my dear friend O, who lives oceans away, and we found ourselves reflecting on how keeping in touch becomes harder as our lives stretch. As the years go by, your world expands across cities and continents, a map of love drawn wider each time someone you care about enters into another timezone. Each friend becomes an orbit to keep trying to return to. I’ve long attempted to take staying connected to long-distance friends seriously. It’s something I always admired about my dad. He was the first in his family to leave his small German hometown, chasing work across continents and making friends wherever he went. He says that because he was the one leaving, it was his responsibility to reach out. Having moved countries seven times myself, I’ve begun to learn the same lesson: how distance reshapes closeness, and how friendship bends without always breaking
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