(l to r) Kory, me, Bari, Shari

When I’m with them, I feel young(er) again.  We’re silly and we laugh loudly. Friends since grade school, the four of us have grown up together and have many memories and shared experiences to reminisce over.

Talk has turned to marriage, children, and mortgages. Conversations always flow easily and there’s rarely a silent moment between us.  Calendars are packed with activity and we seldom have the opportunity to get-together, so we’re playing catch up with each other’s lives.  Shari, Bari, and I are on Facebook and Twitter, so we’re a little more connected.  We spent a lot of time convincing Kory that she needs to step into the 21st century and jump on the social networking bandwagon.

More than once, we mentioned how we must make time to connect more often. Not just online, but in-person.  It’s not easy finding lifelong friends and it would be a shame to let these friendships slip out of my life.

The girls will likely kill me for posting this, but I couldn’t resist.  Seems like just yesterday…