CARRIE, 1 Jan 2016

Have you ever felt like you could stay in a certain moment forever?

Usually a certain moment in the past that can never come back?

Usually with certain people?

I thought a lot about some people recently, some of whom I met long ago, on a trip, and haven’t seen since.

Some of us stayed connected on social media when that became a thing, even if we never actually met again and even if the ‘connection’ was more symbolic than real.

But at least we stayed in touch, me and people I hiked with in the Andes, talked with for hours on busses, bunked with at rundown hostels —people you suddenly, unexpectedly felt a unique something with, even if it was only for a few days.

And yeah, some of those people and moments stayed with you, in a sense. At least on Facebook.

Others just disappeared.

Memories with them were just as special but … they went away. No word. No trace.

I wondered what happened to them and if we will ever meet again?

Would we even want to?

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Cover photo by Jan Ludwig Tiedemann on Unsplash

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