We Lose People Along The Way

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When I was in junior high I had a friend that was sort of an odd person. I always have tended to be drawn to the underdogs and those outside the normal society norms. She had a younger brother and sister but they were usually with their dad. Yes, it was a broken home. She took care of the place while her mother either slept or drank. I stayed with her a lot and rarely saw her mom. She would come in late at night and plop on the couch. She and I snuck her mom's car once and drove out to a outlying town to visit her gang affiliated boyfriend. Some how we lost track of one another. I happened to be looking through a second hand store and found a sweater that had suede on the front. It had four or five names written on it. I recognized it immediately. She had worn it one night when we went to our favorite hangout and saw our favorite band preform. She asked for their autographs and not having any paper she had them write their names on the patches of suede on her sweater. I decided one day to try to locate her. I found her number in the phone book under her married name. I called it and talked to her husband for a long time. Didn't learn much but he said he would have her call me. I never heard from her. I wonder what happened to her, how she is, how life treated her, etc. I think it is sad that we lose people along the way. I am always so sentimental and wonder what ever became of them. Do you?