my mother just phoned to inform me that my bestfriend from childhood (and first crush!) just had a baby.

i remember summers spent outside by the pool, playing softball on the street, eating mc cain fries with vinegar and way too much salt.

simple times, before c-sections, weird career moves and getting a house up in saguenay-lac-saint-jean with your military boyfriend.

before things would have / could have / should have been different.


(oh, i also remember being stubborn. but that's another story. which is unfortunately sometimes more present than past.)