Fax War Day 19 Update: 64 faxes sent, 1 in the queue.

It is odd how people in your life sort of come and go, for whatever reason. This happens to everyone, I suppose, and it is normal. It starts early in life. Some people you go to school with move away, and you never hear from them again. Then later in life people go off to college or whatever they decide to with their lives and you never hear from them again. Then in your adult life people that you work with get new jobs, and you hear from them for a while, but slowly over time, they drift away, never to be heard from again. I notice this a lot in hockey. You become teammates, then friends, with people on your team, but eventually, something happens that causes you, or them to drift away.

Some of these people check in from time to time, or I will contact them, just to make sure that all is well. Sometimes there is a little weirdness after not being in contact with them for a while. With other people it is like I just spoke to them the day before. The phenomenon is quite interesting.

Can you imagine if this were not the case? Can you imagine what life would be like if you stayed close with everyone you were ever friends with? Imagine the phone numbers you would collect! I think this would be a logistical and administrative nightmare.