Those Who Stayed

Some friendships walk with us for a season.
Others leave quietly, never to return.
But a few - rare and unexpected - stay long after the words have faded.

In this heartfelt story from a life well-lived, I share the quiet beauty of friendships that shaped me: school memories, college corridors, borrowed books, stolen silences, and a few names I will never forget - even if time made us part ways.

This is not a story of many friends.
It is a story of those who mattered.
Of the trust that never asked questions,
And the people who stayed - even when everything else moved on.