For one week each Summer, my great grandma rented the same Newport Beach house for all our extended family to gather under one roof. Crying babies, drunk adults, religious disputes, sand everywhere, frequent injuries, potato salad, no parking -- it was pandemonium. Each day we somehow stuffed 80+ people in that 2-bedroom house. I miss those days. That was long ago. Now I only attend ad-hoc (e.g. coffee) and/or obligatory (e.g. weddings) gatherings. I haven't seen my closest friends in years. I can't remember the last time I laughed/cried with them. These were foreseen circumstances. My current lifestyle was composed of intentional choices: I got married, had a baby, then moved to a new city. I made decisions with tradeoffs, and my relationships inevitably change under such conditions. This is normal adulting stuff. But conditions have changed again, and now I'm reaping the time/energy/money/trust dividends I've been sowing all these years. I'm so excited to reconnect with my friends.…
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