a Lifetime Friend

a Lifetime Friend of mine Missy is a great friend to have had since 1st grade. Its just not 20 years of being out of school (or actually 19) plus another 12 years, that's over 31 years of being friends with someone, wow! that we must say goodbye to her dear mom Kay. Missy's mom passed away last week at age 64. Very young and that's very scarey to think of being 64 and saying goodbye.

Today I will going to her viewing and saying goodbye and supporting Missy as that lifetime long friend of 31 years. As I look back I don't think Missy and I ever had fights, ever stopped talking but kept being friends through grade school, high school, through college, thru marriage (hers) and through baby showers, birthdays of our children and now this. Geez! it just seems like 31 years is a long time to have a true friend.

I must say I have 2 good friends this way, although we may not talk everyday or chat on the phone weekly - we chat via internet and occasionally update our lives enough to stay friends. Kendra is my other longtime friend, probably even longer than Missy. Kendra and I went to kindergarten together, which probably is 32 years of friendship and again someone who we may have had an occasional spat at Girl Scout camp but nothing long term.

Its good to say I have 2 lifetime friends at hand. And I hate to see Missy go through this horrible ordeal but I will be there today to let her know I'm still her lifetime friend in good and in bad.