Faded memories lose their bite...

I just finished watching the third episode of the second season of the new series of Doctor Who, the British sci-fi phenomenon. This show started in the 1960's and then had a hiatus for a very long time until the series was fully resurrected last year.

This episode I watched was bringing together the current Doctor, his current companions, and one of his former companions from the 1970's. Sarah Jane Smith, an investigative journalist, was one of my favorite companions. She was also one of the few people the Doctor ever referred to as his best friend.

There was some very weird tension between Rose, the current companion, and Sarah. There was also some odd tension between Sarah and the doctor. Sarah kept referring to how the Doctor never returned for her and in fact, he never did.

The entire time I was watching this story, I started to think about people from my hometown who I intentionally tried to loose contact with over the years. While the Doctor never looked back because it was too hard, I did so because I needed to heal.

But just like this episode, it is so odd how I am running into people from my hometown through myspace.com. The memories that were too painful for me, that I ran away from, are so faded that being in contact with these people no longer hurts.

Is that what happens to your memories? They fade to the point of no longer being reminders of what you have been through? Is this how I have developed a decent relationship with my family?