After having something to do every day this week, finally, a day with nothing scheduled. Other than cooking up some meats I bought on yesterday's grocery shop.
I took the time to write an actual letter of thanks to my girlfriend. She sent me a pair of earrings for my birthday! As always, my letters get long and wordy.
We have been friends since the sixth grade. We went to the same jr high and high school together. Friendships are harder to maintain once you get past seeing each other at school on a daily basis.
After I married and moved out, she would come hang out at the apt on Friday nights and we would watch Dallas together. That JR, he was always up to something!!
But time has a funny way of getting in the way. I had kids, moved out of state. Keeping in touch became harder. Then work schedules got in the way, aging parents needed to be cared for. Lots of life events going on!
While there is that shared history, it becomes harder to relate to the current goings on because distance and circumstances have pushed the friendship to the back of day to day life.
It was always fun to get together every time I visited my folks, but since mom relocated, I have no reason to visit "home" any longer.
Its been many years since we met in 1970, and its funny that those 7 years of schooling were so important in who we were to become. Then there's the 40+ years after high school .... 😔
Where does the time go! We sure did have some great times, made some great memories!!
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