Nostalgia

I shared my plans with Hubs about a month ago while on vacation to find high school BFF and surprise her with a call. I predicted that although we hadn't been in contact for a Good Long Time, that we would be snotty-nosed and crying with laughter as we discussed the memorably idiotic things we did together as teens.

Not surprisingly, I forgot about these plans when I returned home to Life and its craziness that got in the way of any well-laid plans.

And then last week, I got a call from a friend from law school with whom I regularly studied, out of the blue. I was shocked and elated at connecting with someone from my past. So, I vowed to finally get in touch with high school BFF to have that same reconnection with her. THIS MORNING while in the shower where I do my best thinking (and burping, but that's another story), I decided today is the day to do some searching online and do some calling of her family whom I knew to still be back in The Bis where we grew up.

I'm sure, Internet, you can figure out where I'm going from here - I got to my office this morning to three phone messages; one of which was BFF! NO kidding! I barely finished the message before I hastily dialed the return call. We connected and spoke for a good 40 minutes as though no time had passed between us. And I was right - we snortled and chortled and tears rolled down my cheeks as we discussed the significant and very important times we shared in high school.

And then, of course, we shared the more important times in our adult lives as well - houses, marriages, a BABY! But the connection I felt to BFF and our past was almost tangible. There is something to be said about having someone in my life that has a record of me at a time when I didn't quite know myself. It was a reminder that I've come a long way since that time and that I'd love to go back and have those chortling snorting tear-filled kinds of laughs again. I vowed to keep in touch with high school BFF and make some new memories that we could laugh heartily about when we're much much older.