We Go Waaaay Back

7/5/25 The Maple, Maple Leaf neighborhood
(on location and photo reference)

The three of us have been friends since seventh grade, and we also went to college together. We go waaaay back. As one raised children, and all of us had careers and busy lives to live, we stayed in touch but rarely got together. We are the kind of friends who can skip years or decades, but when we get together, we can pick up the conversation without missing a beat. The kind where one need say only a name or a phrase, and everyone busts out laughing because we all get it.

Just recently we started seeing each other more often, and we finally have time to do that. (I think that’s one of the biggest benefits of retirement.) As a strong introvert, I’m not interested in continually meeting new people, but the older I get, the more important it is to stay in touch (or get back in touch) with people I care about from my past. I’m finally making the effort to do that.