Over here, people are just about to start the day with a cup of coffee in their hands as they flip through the weekend papers at the dining table. And maybe, as they sip their morning coffee, there is a child rubbing his sleepy eyes as he walks to the kitchen to ask, "What's for breakfast, Mama?" And his mama would tell him to brush his teeth first, and when he does there is jam and nutella in the middle of the table with a plate of toast by its side. Then the child would grab a spoon full of nutella and spread it all over his toast, and get his face smudged in chocolate. The day has only just begun.
But over there, where my friend is, everyone has finished their dinner and are getting ready to sleep. Some, may be doing last minute homework, some, may have come back from watching a movie with her friends. Tired, she sinks into her bed for a moment heaving out a sigh; maybe even saying," What a day!" Then she spots her computer and types in the website she knows where everyone's going to be on: Facebook. She flips through notifications, newsfeeds and sees somebody, maybe far away like me, online and talk for hours just like my best friend and I.
Sometimes, time gives you a chance to spend the moments you have been missing. The moments you wish you were there. The moments that get you back on your feet to start moving again. The moments that just makes you smile and make your day wonderful. And the moments, although how crazy it would seem, where you suddenly can actually hear laughter in the distance, where you can feel the ocean breeze touching your face.
But time, time has its ways. And the breeze dies down and the laughter fades away, and my dear friend, having beseeched at for hours, finally says goodbye and I in turn say goodbye too; and I wonder if that friend is smiling in her sleep now, knowing that that goodbye won't last forever.
