I spent 11 years without my childhood friend. Finding our way back together was staggeringly simple

I thought about her a lot after our friendship imploded. When our birthdays rolled around, I wondered what we’d be doing if we were still in touch I was 26 when I lost my childhood friend.

By that point, I’d known her for almost two-thirds of my life. Our first conversation was at an ice-skating party when we were nine years old. I’d been nervous in the weeks leading up to the party because I couldn’t ice-skate. Every time the Spice…