At my age, this has happened more times than I care to admit. With some people, it’s like no time passed at all, and everything is great.
With others, it has become very evident why we lost touch.
I haven’t discovered a way of seeing who is what type without just trying to reconnect and seeing what happens.
I really loved A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers.
It hit me right at a time when I needed it, and made me feel that change might actually be ok.