More Quick Thoughts on Friends, and Why They Rock

I spent the early part of today scrapbooking, lunching and of course talk talk talking with my two dear mama friends, Linda and Michelene. We met in a mom's group when our sons were all tiny babies, and we went through that most major of life changes (mamahood) in tandem. We used to get together fairly regularly for scrapbooking, but then Mich moved to Alameda and life got busy and we switched to just getting together every few months on a weekend for scrapping and shopping and catching up. And then life got even crazier and we hadn't all gotten together for something like 8 or 10 months, and our get-togethers kept getting postponed and postponed, but finally, today, the heavens aligned and the space shuttle finally launched and we all met up.

The great thing is, it was like no time at all had passed--within literally one second of seeing each other we were back in the groove like we'd seen each other only yesterday. Of course there was much catching up to do, but it was all really fun catching up (and supportive and complimentary and positive in that oh-so-satisfying girly way). I love girlfriends like that, who can (and want to) reconnect in an instant and never get tired of talking and are always interested in more details of each others' lives. They rock. I feel so lucky and privileged to have a bunch of them. And even though I don't see them anywhere near as often as I wish I could, I don't feel judged or faulted for the time that's passed. There is just the connection, and the appreciation of whatever time we do get together.

Viva las amigas! (Or should that be "viven"? Oy is my Spanish rusty...actually it's pretty much just powdered ferrous flakes dusted over the floor of an unused back room of my brain, these days.)