A friend has this as her Facebook status:

Tracey is pondering how you can spend everyday with someone for years as a child, and then go to HS and just do the smile & wave in the halls. Soon you are adults and you do a quick hug, and catch up in the grocery store. Then you let a few more years pass and you hear they have passed away. How did I let so many years go by without calling?

I liked what I wrote in my response, so I will now post it here:

Don’t beat yourself up, Tracey. Life is funny that way. It takes us all in weird, strange directions. It brings us kids and marriages and sometimes divorces.

One of the things that makes Facebook great is that you can somewhat stay in touch with a click of a mouse. Even a “likes this” click lets someone know you did at least think of them. We can’t spend all the time we want with all the people we want. We have to keep our inner circles small so we can hold those in it tight.

Live every day to the fullest – that’s all you can do.