I said those dreaded words: 'OMG I haven't seen you since you were little.' I prefaced the cringe with how much I used to hate when people said that to me.

"Time waits for no man" was Geoffrey Chaucer's pretty way of saying time cares nothing about you, yo' mama, yo' auntie, yo' cousin or yo' brother. On this one, Mr. Chaucer was right.