It was suggested that we post about friendships this month. I have three groups of friends from high school. I graduated in 1961 from Parkville Sr. High School in Parkville, MD.
One of those groups I have know the members since sixth grade, two of them went to the same church I did, went to Luther league, and Girl Scouts with me. One of the ladies has been my best friend since sixth grade. All of us did things as couples until one of the husbands died. Now only the women get together every few months since one of us lives in a retirement community in another state about an hours drive away.
In another group there are four of us, now know as "4ever Friends". We try to get together monthly. We eat our or in. We play Mexican train dominoes together every chance we get. We even took the dominoes on a cruise we all went on together with our husbands. We have traveled together to some of our children's weddings that were out of state. We were in Hilton Head Island last November when we met Jackie who became a friend in an instant.
The final group is the reunion committee. We had so much fun getting together to plan our 50th reunion that no one wanted to stop meeting. Now we meet quarterly to eat and talk.
We have met other members of our class who are amazed that we have stayed in close contact with members of our class all this time. Each of these friends from high school has enriched my life and the life of my family. My children call my best friend, Aunt. Our husbands have become friends, too. We vacationed with some of them. A few of them are also in my Red Hatters Group, too.
As far as I am concerned, they will continue to be my friends until the day I die. Thank God for such wonderful, fun loving, supporting friends.
What treasure to have lifelong friends! Oh, I hope everyone has trusted friends like you. Supportive, faithful, most importantly a friend who prays!
ReplyDeleteLinda you are a very special friend... someone who can call me Jackie!