It's September 3rd, do you know where your best friends are?
Well, I do and one of them is in Colorado!! It is the twenty-sixth anniversary of September 3rd for us. Twenty six years of a great friendship... I am truly looking forward to the next twenty-six and many more.
HAPPY SEPTEMBER 3rd, ABE
originally published September 3, 2007, it is worth a repeat! Enjoy.
Do You Remember When It Was High September...
Did you ever have a friend that you just knew would be with you all your life? I’m not talking about the casual acquaintance, I mean a REAL friend— one who knows you - the good, the bad and the ugly parts. I have one of those people in my life. No matter where life has taken us so far, no matter where it will take us in the future, I know that I can count on him to always be in my life. Now, granted, sometimes he has been on the edge of my world, and in the past he has been at the center. But although life has changed us and given us different paths, he is always in my heart. Whenever I think of Abe, I am always struck by the fact that we have known each other for over 20 years, that we are still friends, that he is still the same great guy - life has not changed him - just made him better.
I met him on September 3rd - this, by the way, is a date we each remember each year, and each year there is an unspoken contest to see who can contact who first to say Happy September 3rd, (which I believe I have now officially won two years in a row). Childish — isn’t it –but oh so fun! Anyway — we met at a football game in high school — had Chemistry class together and since that day, he has always been an important person in my life. Friends are rare these days - I am so happy he is my friend. He lives across the country, but honestly, sometimes I feel he is closer — he lives in my mind, and my soul. I always refer to him as my memory - because he has a mind that remembers EVERYTHING! He can tell you what type of lunchbox he had in the first grade…I would bet a Starbucks coffee on it. If I need the words to a song, or the singer of a certain song, or the name of a person from high school - he is the one I call. It is nice to have a friend isn’t it? I miss having him around more often, I miss not talking to him on a more frequent basis, but he told me reads this blog - so maybe, just maybe I will get to wish him Happy September 3rd personally this year.
Just a note: For those of you interested in coincidences - let me say first that I don’t believe in coincidences - I believe that God has a plan and nothing is trivial. But here are some interesting facts.
* Abe’s Dad came to America from India on September 3rd
* Abe and Bev met on September 3rd
* Bev brought her daughter home from the hospital on September 3rd.
* The couple who helped Bev & Hubby meet with their daughter’s birthfamily adopted their own little girl on September 3rd (20 years earlier)
** And today (09/03/08) also marks the first day of my return to work after four years.
September 3rd is an important day in my life. Do you have an important day like that in your life? Do you have a friend that you can celebrate with in all the little things of life? I hope so. We all need friends. Parents and family can come and go, spouses can come and go - but there is nothing like a great friendship, rooted in memories and time and nourished with shared experiences and a lifetime of love.
Happy September 3rd, Everyone!
Living Happily Ever After,
Beverly
3 comments:
I just spent a four day weekend with my BFF for 35 years now - we met the first week of kindergarten :) Friends like that are a rare treasure indeed.
Old friends, new friends, buzzing buzy friends,true blue friends, happy friends, sad friends, through the had times friends,bet I'll beat you there friends, magnum on the telephone friends, no dancing at the prom friends, tooth fairy fun friends, open window sing at the top of your lungs friend, the person you want to tell first friend, keeper of your memories friend, keeper of your oldest secrets, the person that can make you laugh with just one noise or just one phrase or just one word, the kind of friend that laughs when you get almost busted for borrowing your parent's car and almost wreck...Happy September 3rd!! Bluebird
Old friends, new friends, buzzing buzy friends,true blue friends, happy friends, sad friends, through the had times friends, bet I'll beat you there friends, magnum on the telephone friends, no dancing at the prom friends, tooth fairy fun friends, open window sing at the top of your lungs friend, the person you want to tell first friend, keeper of your memories friend, keeper of your oldest secrets, the person that can make you laugh with just one noise or just one phrase or just one word, the kind of friend that laughs when you get almost busted for borrowing your parent's car and almost wreck...Happy September 3rd!! Bluebird
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