Loss of a friend takes a toll on your mind and heart. It takes time to accept that their physical presence won’t be around anymore. After her departure, I needed time to gather myself, to sit with the reality that there will be no more WhatsApp chats to light up my phone.
It has been emotional going through our last few conversations — the final threads of our daily banter. I even went back to the old emails we exchanged for years, in the days before WhatsApp existed. We wrote such long, heartfelt messages about our week, the tiniest details of our lives. We shared recipes, gossip, emotions, rants, laughter — everything.
Reading those mails took time, but now they feel like a beautiful treasure I’ll hold close to my heart — a memory chest she unknowingly left behind for me to open whenever I need her warmth.
At home, we still keep her alive in our conversations.For this life to move forward, she has given me enough memories to lean on, to smile through, to help me carry on.
Some people come from nowhere, become your friend, then your bestie, your ally… and touch your heart in the most beautiful way — leaving you vulnerable when they leave. Yet somehow, that vulnerability is proof of how deeply and meaningfully they lived in your world.
She may have left this world, but she hasn’t left my life.
Blessmesai 