Old Friends

Do you remember that childhood song that goes, ‘make new friends but keep the old, one is silver and the other gold’. Well Wednesday we got to shine up a golden friendship with a roommate from college. She’s one of those people that it doesn’t seem to matter how long it’s been since you’ve seen each other, or even spoken to each other, you can just pick up where you left off. We spent the morning with her in deep conversation bouncing from lighthearted ‘what’s new with you’ and delving into deeper issues. She showed us her new home, she’s a newlywed, and shared all their dreams for the place. And then we went to park to play, where I sure you can guess it., it rained on us. Sheets of rain, we tried to hide in the play structure only to be dripped on, so we finally embraced it and just got wet. The kids had a ball and we left reminded of how important that friend is to us, someone who knows our past and hopes for our future as we do hers.

So dear friend, I’m pretty sure you’re reading this, thank you for a beautiful morning. Thank you for remembering with us, knowing who we are, getting to know who we have become, and dreaming the future out loud beside us. You truly blessed our hearts and it was hard to drive away.