We all have time machines. Memories take us back and dreams take us forward. On a trip down the memory lane, I see him, waving me goodbye, as the bus pulled away. I had known him forever. To be exact, right from kindergarten. Going to school & working on homework together, sharing lunchboxes, playing tag in the school playground and troubling each other all the time. We sort of grew up together, our homes just a block apart. Undergrad took us to different cities and later grad school & ambitions took us to different continents. Life happened, and our relationship turned from sharing everything to sharing pleasantries. And eventually, social media and conversations with common friends would tell me, what he's been up to. And just like that, once best friends, became mere acquaintances. I jumped in excitement when Facebook told me he has relocated to New York City for work. After 7 years, we only had the Boston-NYC distance between us. I wanted to give him a buz...
LIFE, every moment of which is like opening pandora's box, a situation over which one has very little control