A Lovely, Special and a long awaited Reunion

So, it is after a long that I am writing. And the reason is simple enough....I needed time to heal from my misery, which I proudly have. I can now proudly say that I have Finally Got Closure!

Anyway, I am enjoying my vacations these days, and so was browsing the old photo albums of my childhood. That reminded me of how blessed I have been by God to get so much love from everyone around me. Its not everyone who gets all that love, and care, and I just feel really Blessed.

I was seeing the pictures, and came along the picture of a birthday party of a boy named Bryan Birget. Now, Bryan was like my best friend when I was young. We used to hang out all the time. The moment the day began, we were either rushing to school, or if it was an off, we were getting ready to hang out at either one of our places. We would leave only at around 6 PM in the evening, because that's when our dads used to return from their offices. Anyhow, a time came when the Birget family got transferred and moved to Taiwan. I was around 10, and Bryan was 9. A little later, we lost all modes of getting in touch.

Time passed. Memories became elusions, elusions became fogginess, fogginess became mist, for the time had now come that I believed we will never meet again. But this belief couldn't kill the determination of finding one of the best things that had ever happened to me. Soon Internet came into existence, and the power of Google could not be undone. I kept trying, every now and then punching in the keywords "Bryan Birget" in Google, but found no results. Soon a time came when I posted our pictures on Orkut, and wrote in the captions that I had lost Bryan and missed him. Ideas and comments started pouring in, and then one day, one of my friends asked me to search him on FaceBook. I did, and alas! I had found a Bryan Birget!

After 13 y ears, I finally had a profile that belonged to someone named Bryan Birget. I wasn't sure whether it was him, because the picture wasn't clear, and I wasn't authorised to enter the profile. So, I messaged him, taking my chances. I felt the stakes were high, but I had to take my chances. I wrote to him, saying, "I know it would be weird reading this, because its weird for me writing it too. But I got to do this. I had a friend named Bryan, and I am looking for him. My Bryan's Dad worked in Nestle, and his Mom's name was Lu, and ya, His Birthday falls on March 13. So, if you are him, please reply back! Regards, Gagan".

I sent the message, and waited for a reply. It was not more than 30 minutes later that my MSN messenger window popped up saying "You have a new message from Bryan Birget". I was excited, and a little scared too. I wanted him to be the Bryan I was looking for. I opened my mail, read the first line, and closed my eyes to Pray. The first line read: 'Oh My God! Gagan, I am "your Bryan".'

I was so happy, that the happiness of finding a treasure chest felt nothing in front of it. I replied to him, and soon we were chatting. We were onto each other for a little more than 2 hours, we had a lot of catching up to do. I realised we've changed, and grown since the last we knew each other. He used to be this tiny little person, and now, he stood 6'2 feet tall. But our hearts hadn't changed, and we still loved each other. After I finished talking to him, I called his Dad and Mom up and talked to them. It was getting so much better minute after minute. I was convincing them to pay a little visit to India, and they agreed on planning a trip. I don't know when that will be, but I sure want it to happen soon, and trust me, when that happens, there will be a picture of him and me together, right here!

I had a beautiful day because I've finally found My Long lost best friend, I've found My Bryan. And I know, that I will finally be able to sleep a good sleep tonight.