 July 2008 was the last time I saw Richard. An old high school friend decided we should all gather to celebrate the year we would turn 50. There followed a flurry of emails the chain growing daily. It included old friends, people I’d barely known and Richard who’d been one of my closest friends through […]  Dumplings are one of those foods that appear across all cultures and the reason is that everyone loves dumplings. Dumplings come savory and sweet, stuffed and not. Your family might call them gnocchi, wontons, matzo balls, kreplach, kartoffelknoedel, and pierogi or one of hundred of other sobriquets. Though I grew up slurping Campbell’s chicken and dumpling soup, I […]
 This is week two of recipes starting with the letter C. The recipe for cheese sticks sounded vague. I think if I had followed the directions as written they wouldn’t have come out right. They needed more rolling and chilling to incorporate the butter into the dough. I am a fan of southern cheese straws, but […]  Three weeks into this alphabet project and I’ve been bested by the letter C. The C-section (I did toy with that as the title of the post) is very big and the one I recall my mom using most often. It includes Cake, Canadian cookery, candy, canning, casseroles, cheese, chicken, Chinese cookery, chocolate, chowder, cookies, […]  As I pulled out of the parking lot onto Passyunk Avenue I saw the sleek, antique Thunderbird convertible. It was black, the top was down, and seeing it flooded me with distant memories. When I was a little girl, maybe four or five, my grandfather, Bud, promised me that when I learned to drive he would […]
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Peggy Gilbey McMackin - Such a well written story Nancy though I’m sorry for Richard.
Margaret - This has such a melancholy feel. Friendships lost and lives turned. Your opening paragraph set the tone so well.
Danielle Dayney - Nancy,
Your story is so relatable. I think each of us has those relationships that end so abruptly that we can’t help but wonder what really happened. How do the years slip by so quickly? Then you saw him again and nothing, yet everything, changed. I hope he got the closure he was looking for and was able to get past his sadness. Have you tried reaching out to him?
Danielle
Kalpana Solsi - i think relationships/friendships(most of them) come with an expiry date. it is better to end keeping the sweet memories rather than getting toxic.
A well etched story of a relationship. Maybe Richard needs help.
Hema - I loved how you’ve started and ended with the same line, but by the time we reach the end, we see Richard differently. Maybe the loss of your friendship deeply affected him. I feel sorry for Richard.