The road I've taken these five years has been a long and twisted one... - pam houston

what do you say to someone who knew you in the past, knew everything about you, many many years in the past, and appears out of the blue? it's suddenly as if those five years of growing are gone, and the insecurities and holes you thought you buried and covered up so carefully are suddenly exposed again. you reflect back on that path you took, asking questions, looking for answers, but somehow just feeling lost.

it's fine, i'm good, i'm happy.

it sounds almost like a defense of your self, and insistance that you did what you wanted to, that the path you took was the right one.

all while you wonder how you got here, and where that path came from anyway. somehow you had forgotten to look at a map.