I had a childhood friend but I never understood what happened until I was an adult.

We lived in the country about half a mile to a mile away from each other. We hung out all the time. Then she stopped walking to my house but I kept walking to hers.

She went bald and I didn’t think much of it. Soon after that her parents told me she couldn’t come out and play when I walked over. I eventually stopped walking over and her family moved.

I don’t know if she died or not but I remember not understanding why her parents didn’t want her to play with me anymore.