This week we celebrated Bill’s birthday. He still looks young to me but we are beginning to resemble each other (much the same as dogs and their human companions).
Wednesday was extra special though, because some very old friends came all the way from very far away to surprise us. We have been friends with this family for 50 years and met when our son was still in diapers and Janet and her “younguns”, Debbie, Scott and Pam, were 4, 5 and 6 years old.
But here they all came 50 years later, barreling down our driveway beeping and shouting!
Surprise!!! Surprise!!!
And what a time we all had.
And what moments of hilarity we all shared. The laughter could surely be heard all the way to the next mountain top.
We went to Hull’s drive-in movie one night even though it threatened rain. Did you know drive-in movies are practically extinct (kinda like Bill and me)?
Bill made pancakes and bacon one morning to relive earlier breakfasts shared so long ago.
They were here for three nights and though we went practically nowhere, we certainly traveled back in time.
And we talked and talked, reliving never-forgotten joyful moments and lamenting the sad ones.
This morning they drove away again, perhaps not as quickly as they had driven in, and Bill and I were left in stunned silence.
Were they really here or were they hallucinations?
Thank you Janet, Pam, Deb and Scott for reminding us of the value of real friendship!
Virginia Views 