Comments on: Lifelong Friends

By: Julie

Julie — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 04:32:59 +0000

Friendships that are and will always be, through good, bad, ugly……and 25 years later, I know that if I need any of you, you will be there for me. Thanks for the memories, the giggles, but mostly….the Guesstures! We ROCK!!

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 04:13:22 +0000

I LOVE all these responses. Every one of them left me smiling. But I think Mary really hit it for me…the wrinkles don’t matter, the extra pounds don’t matter, but when we get together we still giggle like little girls.

Perfect! Thanks, everyone!

By: Brenda

Brenda — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 01:13:59 +0000

I have/had a best friend since 3rd grade. Our backdoors faced each other. We’ve drifted in and out of each others lives through the years. When we’ve reconnected, here and there, we pick up like we’ve never missed a beat. And what’s really ironic is that once when we drifted (we’re both from FL) away from each other, it ended up that we both ended up north of Atlanta living just 4 miles apart!! 4 whole mile!! Unfortunately her husband is not as “flexible” with situations in my life and she and I are in the drifted apart stage. Unfortunately I think this is it for us. But…. it was nice while it lasted. I miss her but I definitely don’t miss her very opinionated husband.

As for the other posters… I am also a band geek… and thank goodness for Facebook… I’ve been able to “reconnect” with a lot of other friends who have spread out across the US.

By: Mary Hallfeld

Mary Hallfeld — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 20:28:51 +0000

I DO have 2 very special friends – deebie, who I went to grade school & high school with and Diana, who i went to high school & college with. The 3 of us were a force to be dealt with (we thought) in high school! But we still get together at least quarterly and without meaning to, we ground each other and remind each other where we came from and where we’ve been and that in between stuff, as much as it has helped shaped who we are today, is just the fluff on top of who we were formed to be back when we were 7. The wrinkles don’t matter, the extra pounds don’t matter – we can still laugh like little girls!!

By: Nikki

Nikki — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 18:21:20 +0000

What a great topic! After going to my 20 yr high school reunion I re-connected on facebook with over 30 people! Although my graduating class was 220, there were about 20 of us that ended up in the same classes over the 4 years and it is great to maintain that connection. There were 2 friends that I was especially close with from earlier school years—Sam and Carrie…Sam and I were in band together, worked the same part time jobs (supermarket, hospital nurse aides–definitely a lot of stories to tell from that one!), and then both attended Ithaca College, so we road tripped in my ‘78 Camaro into the snow belt!
I just had coffee with Sam over Christmas–she lives in NJ again with her husband and 3 kids. Even though we don’t get to talk often, when we get together is is just like old times—and so very fun!
Carrie moved to Vermont, and this past April I realized that the hockey tournament I was going to was only a few miles away. I went up a day early and stayed at her house–I arrived very late and we were up until 2am chatting; I met her husband, we took her 2 kids to the park, did a hike, and topped it off with going to the original Ben & Jerry’s . Then she brought the kids to one of my games, and they painted me a picture to take home.
These new memories combined with all the old ones are what put life things in perspective and remind me of how fortunate I am in so many ways.

By: Joe

Joe — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 17:05:45 +0000

Had a close friend in high school — smart, funny, liked to laugh.

I married her.

Good move, that.

By: Dru

Dru — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 13:06:27 +0000

I was a loner/bookworm growing up and the one childhood friend I had was lost when we both moved away. I do treasure the friends that I have now. What makes them special is that no matter how long we haven’t seen or talked to each other, it’s like we seen or talked yesterday.

By: Lynn

Lynn — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 11:44:43 +0000

I went back for one reunion ==25 I think — and our band geek table was a blast. We talked and laughed and remembered. My band of girls broke up right after high school – an evil plot centered around a lie. Then my ex cocooned me for twenty years. And the fact I lived on a farm in the middle of nowhere Idaho didn’t help build close friendships. Now I treasure every friendship I have, close and far away. Although I’m not always good at caring for the friendship.