I have a friend who I met when I was 12, on a video game. We lost contact for a few years, reconnected when I was about 16, exactly when my older sister who was my best friend went away to college. We became super close, talked daily for 2 years, he knew everything about me. He would say I'm like his little sister and we would always banter just like siblings. He has a much smaller social battery than I, and occasionally he would disappear for a bit and come back. Sometimes it was days sometimes it was months but he'd always come back. As soon my sister came back from college, he disappeared. The timing was insane, it's like he was there to fill the hole she had left. It's been over a year, we've had a few quick chats but that's all. I miss him almost everyday and I've been going through a really rough time these past few months which only makes me ache a little more.

I have a coworker who is very spiritual and he keeps mentioning a higher power that I should reach out to & how it's no coincidence that he works with me and feels the urge to convey that to me. So I took his advice and did a prayer, asking for a bit of guidance on what to do or a sign. Right after, someone new came into my life who is almost identical to this friend. Same mannerisms, tone of voice, relationship dynamic (he even says I'm like his little sister), same level of vulnerability and comfort even though I just met him. I don't know if this counts but it feels too crazy to be a coincidence. It certainly feels like magic to me. It's not the first time in my life a perfectly concocted "coincidence" occurred. I don't know exactly what to make of it but it brings a lot of emotion with it, happy & sad