Friends ARE Friends Forever...

Before I was the me I am today, I was part of a really neat WE. Before life had really gotten started for me, I was BLESSED with friendship. From the church infant nursery I was given a best friend for life. From the horrors of a high school chemistry class, I was given three more. The five awkward, naive, teenage kids, became the Fab Five.The five of us, became a WE - we went to prayer breakfasts, football games, Pizza Hut, the Mall, the movies, the Prom, each other's homes. We rode in carpool, we "rolled" mailboxes, we laughed, we laughed and then we laughed some more. We pouted, we hugged, we worried, we cried. We fought, we made up, we played pranks and wrote notes. We had favorite songs, we went to concerts and we sang...a lot. The five of us -- we were a WE! And we loved it, we loved each other, and we held on to the friendship when time and space tried to take it away.

Twenty five years ago we went on a beach trip and posed for this picture...

Then life happened...we moved, we grew up, we married, had kids, had careers, found other friends.

But this weekend, this marvelous weekend in September, full of crisp air and hints of sweet sunshine, the five of us became WE again. Boys came home, took planes and cars to meet the girls for a day full of memories and fun and laughter, so much laughter. We are lucky...twenty-five years did nothing to us but give us all a few wrinkles, some "laugh" lines, new hairstyles, and a need for reading glasses in dimly lit restuarants...the bond we had is still there...it took two seconds to fall back into the familiar rhythms, the years between us started to disappear and we were once again a group of friends, connected by our hearts. Time and distance sad, defeated competitors to try and take it away.

What an amazing weekend. What amazing friends I am blessed to call mine.
I wish this type of friendship for everyone who reads this...God is good...all the time!

Happily!
Bev