From the Other Side of the Screen

I’m keeping up with you from my screen

I think Instagram stories and Whatsapp statuses deserve a little more credit, because sometimes they're the only way we get to know what's going on in our old friends’ lives.

There are people whose stories we still watch even though we haven’t talked in forever. People we still care about but somehow don’t know how to reach out to anymore, not because we’re embarrassed maybe it’s just awkward, maybe it’s because it’s been way too long since we last talked.

So, dear old friend, please keep updating everything.

I wanna know what you're doing these days.

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I wanna know where you’re going for pilates, I wanna know what you’re working on, I wanna know what you trying to build, I want to know what you’ve been up to lately, not because I wanna get involved in your life or anything.

Maybe from a distance, I can quietly root for you.

Maybe whenever your story pops up on my screen, I can send a little prayer your way, for whatever you’re working on, whatever you’re hoping for, whatever you’re trying to make happen.

You probably won’t even know I’m doing it.

And that’s okay.

Some people are no longer part of our everyday lives, but we still care about how they’re doing.

So please, keep updating.

I’ll be somewhere on the other side of the screen, quietly happy to see that you’re doing okay.