I hate leaving!

I said goodbye to a friend the other day. She will be leaving to go back to her home in some Scandinavian country, and I will be heading back to the states. I did the traditional greeting of kissing on both cheeks, said goodbye and started to walk away. As I did this she looked me in the face and said, “I will see you again in another life”. She smiled knowingly, and I returned the smile, almost wanting to complete her statement with, “when we are both cats.” I think that was the most perfect goodbye I shall ever experience. I have no doubt that I will never see her again, but I will always remember her, and her parting words.