A Friend

Around three years ago, Misty, Ethan and I made an impromptu trip to New Orleans. We had a blast.. first time for each of us. we did the usual drinking frosty drinks and eating Lucky Dogs at 3 a.m.. (i call still call them unlucky dogs but whatever) and yummy beignets with cafe au laits each morning.

one night at a fun bar we discovered (that was not filled with tourists), I met a man named Sean (red hat). he's a sweet, creative soul. a poet with a penchant for activism. We had a neat connection, but it was brief. amazingly we have kept in touch. not often, but enough. he sent me a N.O. care package a few months before the storm hit. filled with all kinds of fun toys, postcards, jewelry... all locally made stuff. so wonderful. and when the flooding started, i was pretty anxious. but turns out he and his family were ok and that made me happy.

anyway, the reason for this story is that yesterday I got another amazing email from Sean. here's a person I met in a blink of an eye and slowly but surely, he's becoming one of my good friends. and someday i know we will meet again and it will be familiar and weird and just plain cool.