Old Friends

I was on my way home from work last night and started thinking about how I turn 30 this year. I was trying to decide if the 20 year old me would be happy with what the 30 year old me has become.

With that I started thinking about my best friend from high school, Lacey. I did nothing without Lacey. We were together all the time, her family was apart of mine and vice versa. We lost contact through my 1st marriage. I would have told you during our friendship (ages 15-19) that we would be friends for the rest of our lives---I honestly believed this. A lot of things took place during that year and we both realized we were going down different roads. There was never a formal goodbye, but more just a slow seperation process.

I called her mom yesterday afternoon. Luckily she was still in the same place with the same phone number. She gave me Lacey's cell phone number. I'm not exactly sure what I expected---10 years is an extremely long time.

Can I just say, it should have been in a movie. We picked up like we never quit talking. We laughed, we played catch up, we talked about old times, we giggled like teenagers, and then we had the tender moment. You know, the one that caused us to need that seperation. We were on the phone for 2 hours---I left it in such a great mood. I don't know what I expect, if her and I can be the friends we were---or friends at all? I just know I am very glad I called....she is doing well and happy in the life she has chosen. That really gives me a good feeling.

I will do some photo searching this weekend and see if I can find any old pictures of the 2 of us. I bet my mom would have some...I will post one if I can find one.