Thanks to the networking genius of Facebook and the fact that blogs offer just way too much information, I have reconnected with my best friend from high school, who on this site, is known as "Melvin". It's not that Melvin and I ever really LOST contact. We've had each other's addresses and have exchanged Christmas cards quasi-faithfully through the years. But lately, we've actually been emailing and that has made us hungry for some human contact, and now we have a plan!
Melvin and I are meeting halfway, which should be about a four hour drive for each of us, and we are spending a weekend in February catching up. I don't feel old enough to be saying this, but we have not seen each other for over THIRTY years. Neither of our sets of parents live in California anymore, where we graduated, and thus "going home" has never afforded us the opportunity to easily see one another. We have grown up, we have raised children, and we have lived a lot of life. Melvin recently said to me, "I'm looking forward to knowing the grown-up you." I thought that was a very insightful comment - and it will be fascinating to see how different/the same we find each other after all these years.
When we were raising kids our attention was focused on the "now", and we never quite got around to making any reunion plans. Now that we're empty nesters, it's the perfect time to reinvest in the friendship that got us both through high school. In fact, I think that renewing an old friendship is the perfect empty nest project. Stay tuned!
The last time we were together was in Stillwater, just before my wedding. You were visiting your parents. You had two precious little girls.
Do you remember visiting - where was it - Ponca City? at your grandparent's house. Heather was a baby. Was it Thanksgiving time?
A weekend in February 2010. Our time!
Melvin
Posted by: Melanie Roseberry | February 06, 2010 at 11:48 AM