How many of you actually still keep in touch with friends from high school? I guess some of you live where you grew up and some friends have stuck around as well. I'm always impressed when I see that my friends Sari, Amy and I have managed to stay in touch for the last 13 years since graduation (yikes...has it been that long??). We may only see eachother once a year (but usually manage at least another visit or two), but we usually e-mail eachother and keep up to date on eachothers lives. That is so cool to me. These 2 girls have seen me at my most pathetic (having crushes on numerous guys and dragging them 'the long way' to class so I could catch a glimpse of the boy I was interested in at the time), to being at eachother's weddings, to me being able to support Sari at the birth of her baby boy. In all our dreaming as teens, we never quite expected to be having a BBQ with our husbands and EIGHT children between the three of us :) Sari and Amy are teachers, and me the EA/Doula. Amazing how we've "grown up".
Amy, I remember the days working at A&W, how we used to write eachother notes on napkins and fry boxes to pass the time. I remember counseling at CBC together and all the fun there, remember those crazy Ranger games we'd go to, blaring the stereo and singing our hearts out? I remember sleepovers in your basement and those 'milkshakes' we used to make :) You were such a dear friend (and still are).
Sari, I remember how you got me through some really rough times in high school. You were always the mature and level-headed one. Always the one to help me keep my head on straight. I remember always being in awe of your talent for violin, your brains and how much you cared about people. I certainly see that you haven't changed at all. You are a wonderful mother and wife.
It's amazing to me how time seems to have flown by since high school, thirteen years, it sure doesn't seem that long since our graduation party at Michael's parent's house. Then the years that followed where we all moved away and went to different schools and experienced life separately, then the way we came back together and now we share similar life experiences in mothering. Sunday we shared the afternoon talking about potty training and breastfeeding. From boys and classes to babies and hubby's. What a difference. Yet, somehow we're still the same people. Sari is still the mature, level headed one, Amy is still the organized leader, I'm still the joker :) Love you guys!! I hope that someday we can take that weekend getaway just the three of us. Wouldn't we have a blast?!!
Mel
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