Prompt: "gosh it's been a while"

Dear S, Gosh, it's been a while. I've been thinking about you and meaning to get in touch, but you know what they say, road to hell and all that. Really, though, I wonder how you've been. I thought about calling but seem to have lost your number. Believe it or not, I've sent you at least two emails both of which bounced back. How does that even happen? Gosh, it really has been a while, hasn't it? My daughter, the one you gave that hand-carved doll, graduated from Columbia and moved to L.A. She's an aspiring actress. Maybe you've seen her -- she was in the crowd scene in that latest Tom Cruse thing. And J - I even tried googling him but the most recent hit I got was two years old. It can't have been that long, can it? I still remember our last conversation, the one where you confessed all that stuff just before our husbands walked in the door from wherever they'd gone. I didn't have a chance to tell you how brave I thought you were. It's only recently dawned on me that my reticence after all these years must have seemed to you like some sort of disapproval. Really, though, it's just that Life, with a capital L, has gotten in the way. I so do hope you will understand and forgive me enough to pick up our friendship where we left off. I have so much to tell you. --R