Setting myself up for a fall

Growing up, one of my best friends moved to the other side of the city. Big deal for a child who can't drive. For the first little while we saw each as often as we could but eventually drifted apart.

Over seven years later, on my first day of university, I was happy to discover that she was in one of my classes. Immediately we picked up where we left off.

Three years later, she started acting strangely. First it would take her several days to return my calls or emails. Gradually it would take her several weeks then she stopped returning them all together. I ran into her mom while shopping and I was informed that my friend had moved away from home. Her mom was very surprised that I didn't know this. She gave me the new number and I tried calling again. We hung out once then she never returned my calls again.

A year later I ran into her at the mall. In a couple weeks she was going to be moving overseas to teach. She promised she'd get in touch with me. We emailed for awhile but then she stopped responding. Another year later, I found out from some friends of hers from high school I wasn't the only one this was happening to. How could such a used to be great friend just shut down all communication with her friends? What had happened to her?

A couple years ago, she emailed me out of the blue wanting to know how I was. My response went unanswered.

A couple days ago, she emailed me to say she's moved back to the city and would love to see me. At first I was really excited. I sent her my contact information but haven't heard from her. I'd love to be optimistic but I have a feeling I'm not going to hear from her. I've gone through this too many times. I'd been praying since I moved back to Regina for some Christian friends and I thought this was the answer. It is hard to stay positive when past evidence is considered.