Old friends reunion

I was sitting in a cafe yesterday trying to complete some stuff remained for my trip, and my old friend suddenly walked in through the doors. I have not seen her for so many long years (I was so embarrassed because she is one of the people I sort of dodged for years whenever she wanted to go out), but more importantly, I have not seen her not once after I took off hijab. So when she first saw me that was the first thing she commented on, funnily, she took it off too.. BUT, she seems to still be such a believer at heart, as she said that she was feeling great guilt for taking it off. Me; nah I don't feel any guilt... then she sort of questioned me about religion as she sensed that it was not just a matter of hijab but that my beliefs were different.. I never took her for the religious type of person, but anyhow when i sensed a disapproving tone, I just changed the subject, but I am sure she has an idea..

I am connecting her with our other friend.. I am meeting them both on the day before my trip... I think it is lovely that I ran into her, I still like her a lot.. and i think it is lucky that I get to spend the last day before I travel with them, reminiscing about the old days.. Although it sometimes fells me with sadness and weird strange feelings when I meet old friends... Sadness because i feel some of them has settled and are unhappily different.. like her, when she told me her story, the way she talked about herself, I felt that she was just somebody's wife, but she seemed satisfied to be so, and this what matters .. the strangeness usually comes from the fact that my life is like COMPLETELY different from everyone I knew back then. It is very weird how close our lives were once, and how diffirent they are now... and it is usually me who is different from the rest! Sometimes I feel like I've been trapped in a time jail, that they all grew up and moved on, except me.