Becoming Real

I talked to a friend today whom I have known for a long time, but all of a sudden I find we are becoming real. We have talked thousands of times before, and have woven in and out of each other's lives. But as much as we always came back to one another after periods away, we always knew we had our safe, hiding places to run to.

For as close as we have been, we were never close enough. We held back pieces of ourselves from each other, not because God likely wanted us to, but more than likely bec...