Connection

I planned to go to the grocery this evening around midnight, but instead found myself lost in the internet world of news groups until 12:30, when my phone rang. It's unusual that anyone aside from my family or Simon calls, much less after midnight. I expected it to be a drunk dial from some past friend when the caller id flashed a Texas number. Already awake, I decided to go ahead and indulge the late night caller.

"Hello?"
"Hi Kim, how are you?"
pause...pause...
"Fine, but who are you?"
"David."
"Little David?"
"Yes."

And like that, the smartest person I've ever known walked back into my life. A painful break up long behind us, the ensuing conversation flowed freely from life updates and future plans to life philosophies, religion, and causes for happiness. After I lost all my cell phone numbers last week, he was on the list of people I figured I would probably never hear from again. It makes the reunion sweeter. A year and a half without contact seems like it had never happened. Magic.