Falchion's Edge

Seeing as how the “official” announcement has been made, I guess I can openly write about it here. DaMan and Jen have formally declared their Wedding Engagement with a date and location all booked for late next year. Yep, that is the soundtrack for My Best Friend’s Wedding (still the movie that made me a Cameron Diaz fan) playing in the background.

Just a bit of background to bring everyone back up to speed. DaMan and I have been best friends for almost 22 years. While we started out with a fair amount of shared interests (as how most friendships are likely to start by) we eventually evolved along different paths as we grew older. It became what I like to call “complementary opposites”; He ended up in one of the top schools, I ended up in one of the worse; whenever one of us where down, the other was up; when he was on leave, I had exams; when I was free, he had to go continue his national service liability. However, through it all we managed to still find a common ground on which we can still connect. After some time, it actually worked to our benefit. Like when I’m having problems, he usually has it good at the time and vis visa. So we are able to be there for each other, to help lift each other up, so to speak.

So it feels kinda strange now seeing him getting ready for this new journey. I’m glad to be a part of it and I’ll be sure to do all my best to make sure that everything runs smoothly. But a part of me knows that this time, I won’t be able to tag along and back him up like before. It’s Jen and his time, they will have to back each other up and focus on each other as they take that journey together. I’m so glad that he has managed to put aside all his baggage, to have found someone to sit next to him on that metaphorical plane and fly off to a new experience.

Me? I’ll be standing on the runway watching them fly off…my emotional/mental baggage that goes over the weight limit all around me, cluching in my hand a single ticket, missing the other half that goes along with it….