Old Friends
Thank you everyone for your kind wishes on my Birthday. It was a good one. I had lunch with good company(Thanks Shadesong. We'll have to do that again). I got a nap in. I visited with some old friends that I hadn’t seen in a while and stayed up too late but it is all good.
I met Jeff and Angelo at a convention up in Tennessee over a bottle of spirit gum during a costume contest. I was on the running crew that year for the contest. Angelo’s beard was falling off. From that repair has come a friendship that will be of legal age next year. We may not see each other for a while but when we do it is like slipping into a comfortable piece of clothing. It is as if we had just seen each other the previous day. Those are the rare friendships. I have been blessed with several of those. I have one friend who I have known over 30 years and we are still good friends. As with Jeff and Angelo, Mary Aileen and I have similar interests which we still have even after all these years. I know I am very lucky in this department. There is my whole new group of friends up in New York. These are newer friends but as important to me as my old friends. Also my internet friends some of whom I have met and others I only know through the keyboard. Then there is my best friend who is also my husband.
Caroline was on her best behavior yesterday. She is adjusting to being here at my parents’ house. She does miss her daddy. She went around the house yesterday looking for him. She misses her big sister too. She’ll see them in a couple of days. I was going to travel tomorrow but a number of people preferred I travel on Sunday.
I am grateful for all my friendships.
I met Jeff and Angelo at a convention up in Tennessee over a bottle of spirit gum during a costume contest. I was on the running crew that year for the contest. Angelo’s beard was falling off. From that repair has come a friendship that will be of legal age next year. We may not see each other for a while but when we do it is like slipping into a comfortable piece of clothing. It is as if we had just seen each other the previous day. Those are the rare friendships. I have been blessed with several of those. I have one friend who I have known over 30 years and we are still good friends. As with Jeff and Angelo, Mary Aileen and I have similar interests which we still have even after all these years. I know I am very lucky in this department. There is my whole new group of friends up in New York. These are newer friends but as important to me as my old friends. Also my internet friends some of whom I have met and others I only know through the keyboard. Then there is my best friend who is also my husband.
Caroline was on her best behavior yesterday. She is adjusting to being here at my parents’ house. She does miss her daddy. She went around the house yesterday looking for him. She misses her big sister too. She’ll see them in a couple of days. I was going to travel tomorrow but a number of people preferred I travel on Sunday.
I am grateful for all my friendships.