The Miracle of the Pause Button

It never ceases to amaze me how easy it is to step back into some long distance friendships when the opportunity presents itself. I had the pleasure of reuniting with two roommates from fourteen years ago! Occasional emails aside, we have very minimal contact with one another, yet in a nanosecond of reuniting we were transported back to the 'flat' and a rather heated debate about skim vs homogenized milk. It felt as though no time had passed and any moment one of us would run off to an evening lecture or another would propose a chocolate run to the all night grocery store. Why is it so easy to pick up where we left off with some individuals? There is an often circulated tidbit on the web that talks about the type of people you journey with and 'the why' associated with each type of friend. I wonder if 'press pause' friendships are the friendships you keep for a lifetime? Whatever the reason behind this phenomena I am just thankful. It was so great to show off pictures and family and enjoy the time with one another. Did we make plans to meet again? No, we just pressed pause until the magical moment when we gather together once more. How simple. No expectations, no demands, just acceptance of each others' journeys and a quiet understanding that our paths will cross again.