4 Friends

4 friends went to the beach this past weekend.  Not just any 4 Friends, 4 very close friends who have known each other for what's going on 25 years now!  This friend was privileged to be among them. This group of friends is unique in that they can literally not see each other for a year, but pick up like it was yesterday when they last were together. There are no walls, no facades, just honest transparency.  They have nothing to hide from one another. They tell all, good and bad, happy and sad, and usually identify in some way, shape or form to each others highs and lows of the year. One friend decided that after 8 years, it was time to start documenting their annual weekend - so the journal "4 Friends" came into being, thanks for the title, my friend.

They are all married and they all have children. They all graduated from the same college with hopes and dreams - some met, some unmet. They continue to share with each other their hopes and dreams for the future. They share stories about their aging parents, their growing children and their loving spouses.  One friend thinks she  can speak for the group when she says they don't feel much older than they did on the day they graduated (well maybe a bit ). One friend has a son who is now in college and living what they lived not too long ago.  But, oh how the times have changed. Cell phones, computers, i pads, texting, tweeting, blogging............But the 4 friends haven't changed. They've grown up and matured and rearranged their priorities, but underneath it all, they are who they were almost 25 years ago - and that's not such a bad thing.