Do You Miss Them, or Who You Were?

There's a friendship you'd swear is still alive. You don't call much, but nothing went wrong. You're both just busy. next time, you always say. Next time.This episode sits with the person you keep almost reaching out to, the message half-written, the song you never sent back, and the quiet reason you keep the contact just far enough apart. Sometimes we don't drift from people by accident. Sometimes we keep a friendship exactly alive enough to never find out whether it's already over.No advice. No resolution. Just one question you'll carry to the next name that comes to mind.