Childhood friends reunite after 11 years of silence
Two childhood friends who met at age nine reunited after more than a decade apart through Instagram.
The two met at an ice-skating party when they were nine and were inseparable through their teens. When the writer was 26 and diagnosed with cancer, she pulled away, unable to ask for help.
The friend moved out and they stopped talking for more than a decade. During those years, she thought about her friend often, wondering what she would say about books she read or the life she was building.
The Instagram algorithm brought them back together this year when they followed each other. She sent a message.
They met for coffee. The ease between them returned almost instantly, though both have now lived parts of their lives the other never knew.
- 9 years old
- Age when they met
- more than a decade
- Years apart
- 26
- Writer's age at cancer diagnosis
- Reconnection platform
Why it mattersA story about how vulnerability and reaching out can heal broken friendships, and why showing up for people matters.
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