On friendship & worldviews

or not being the heartbeat

Conflicting worldviews always make me think of a friend, a best friend, who ghosted me.

When we were in our twenties, we called each other daily, and she was my sole confidant. So when she stopped answering the phone, I was worried something had happened. Had she been in an accident? Was she injured? I called her mother and a mutual friend. And, ultimat…