Once in a Lifetime

After reading Lahiri's Once in a Lifetime, I couldn't help but think about how friendships change through time and how my own friendships are going to change after graduation and into my college years. Hema and Kaushik's mothers used to be as close as sisters and after years apart they didn't pick up right where they left off, like most people assume will happen with very close friends. Instead, they were strangers to each other. This makes me look at my current friendships now and wonder who I am friends with now who I will remain friends with in a couple of years. It's a scary thought that the people who I treasure the most right now may not even be relevant in five months time.