Redemption

One of the things often on my mind is what happens to my old friends?  I know why we don't really keep in touch generally speaking, but for whatever reason I've been curious what happened to them after we go our separate ways.

Now lately, I've been having a rash of old friends, and people who were friends that I no longer speak with, calling me.  I've also had the strange urge (prompted by the calls, and not entirely unheeded) to call some people and find out how they have been.

The up side is that I've patched some very old grievances up.
The down side is that I'm not sure it's such a good idea.

I have a hard time holding a grudge, but some of the people I've talked to remember quite vividly what went wrong....  And they're still mad.  Or they remember better than I do,  and they're still angry about it.  I can't always remember the issues, I just tend to remember the good times well and gloss over some of the less pleasant things.

On one hand...  Since I've been back in touch with some people, it's been an entirely positive experience.  Old wounds mended, good people back in my life.

On the other hand...  Sometimes it gets ugly.