Friends for over Forty Years

One of my parent's legacy was to keep your lifelong friends. I see now what a gift that teaching was. I have also struggled when a friend fell out of my life through us both moving in new directions. But right now I am grateful to my parents and also to my friends who have also seen the value in staying in touch over the years.

As I approach my sixth birthday I am in awe of the value of friends that I share common stories and life with. Teri/Goby on the left I first met when she was a camper and I was a camp counselor at the Girl Scout Camp at Whites Landing. She then went on to be a counselor. I was living in Europe when she got married to Michael in England in the late seventies. I stood up for her. Her primary residence is still in Wales, England but she now is in the states quite a few months out of the year. I am grateful to still be able to see her and keep this great connection.

Donna on the right was a sorority sister at San Diego State. She kept up with me through brithday cards and even cards for my two sons all through the time that they were growing up. She would send them a dollar for every year that they were old. She is such a kind and caring person. We still love to laugh about the old days in the sorority and things like how I wore green metalic painted Army boots to the Christmas party. Ted said, "Donna is really in tune with people."

Life long friends keep you with a memory of who you were and reconnect you to that young spirit that still lives within. I am grateful.