Reconnecting with an old friend
I have so much to say on this subject that I know I won’t be able to fit it into a single post, so you can expect me to continue writing about this for a few more days (or weeks) to come.
Right after high school, I attended a small Catholic college somewhere in the Midwest (I won’t give exact locations or use real names here). The school had a seminary on the grounds, and because I took classes like Latin, Greek, and philosophy, I naturally met a lot of seminarians during the course of the year.
I became friends with one in particular — I’ll refer to him as CT. Even though he was a senior and I was a freshman, we really hit it off and found that we had several common interests, including the aforementioned Latin and Greek (we were in the same Greek class). I found myself seeking out CT’s company whenever I could, and I called him quite often. We talked about so many different things that I just couldn’t talk about with any of my other friends: language, etymology, theories about learning and knowledge… this was great stuff.
Anyway, I lost touch with CT soon after he graduated, but I was fortunate enough to reconnect with him recently. I never realized just how much I missed him until I started talking to him and hearing his voice again.
Reconnecting with CT also made me realize that I’ve got no one in my life that really… challenges me intellectually anymore. My current group of friends would much rather talk about family and the day-to-day problems of raising kids; no one brings up the heady stuff anymore. Oh, how I miss that!
Okay, I think that’s about all for now. I just wanted to get the basics up here today, and I’ll definitely be posting more about CT in the days to come.