Seasons

Life has its seasons. One day you're in school having a hard time imagining a day when you and your friends won't be together. The next, you're in college and finding new friends. Slowly, your old friends slip away. Class reunions are not what they're cracked up to be. The friends you wish to see again, don't come. The drinkers still drink. The smokers still smoke. At my 20th class reunion, I decided it wasn't worth it because I was so disappointed that so few of my true friends were in attendance.

Then, out of the blue, a friend...an "old" friend sees you at the doctor's office or finds you online. What a kick! Suddenly, you're in a happy game of catch-up. You size each other up in your new grown-up forms. Sometimes, the meeting is fleeting. (Hey, that rhymed!) But other times, the neatest thing happens...you reconnect. Hi Suz! Hi Steve!