strangeanimal | can't really think of a subject here

... weird day today... my mom called me at work, she saw the obituary for the father of one of my old very close HS friends (also an old GF) (who I'd stayed in semi-regular contact with), he had passed away after being ill for a while. We were practically furniture at each other's houses back in the day, so my mom and I went to the funeral parlor earlier tonight.
I realized something ironic... this is the third time she and I have ended a long period of not being in contact... at a funeral. I know sad times can bring people together, but this is weird. *shrug*
Again, the recurring theme seems to be names from my past coming back into my life lately. I know I've been aloof a lot... I guess I tend to guard against rejection from people who I've grown slightly apart with by gradually fading away from them completely.
I must be getting older or wiser or something, I'm actually finding meaning and messages in events in my life. Yay me.