Sometimes I'll look up, and realize it's been months, or sometimes even years since I've spoken or interacted with some of the friends I've made here, and elsewhere online. It's not that we stopped being friends, mostly it's because I... drifted off, wasn't around in the same spots they frequented anymore.

Whenever I notice this, I always feel like I should say something, let them know I still like them, and still enjoyed all of the times we had together. But then my social anxiety kicks in, and I dread being 'too late'. That I've waited too long, and my absence has been read as a slight against them. And then I huddle myself back into a corner, afraid to try to reach back out.

So, to all of you whom I've met, and talked with, and laughed with, and played and cried and lived with... You're amazing. I know it may have been years since I've said that (or anything) to you, but... it's true. I still think of all of you as friends. Even if I've been a bad one, you were good ones.