Friends

This is a petunia from my front garden. The flowers are starting to grow and bloom and I'm pleased as can be.

One day the world took me away
We could no longer laugh and play
She would not follow where I went
Nor could I go where she was sent
But sometimes in my heart I find
Her memory both good and kind
And for awhile our hearts entwine
I was her friend and she was mine
DWoodall 2007

May 4 is my granddaughter Sarah’s birthday. It’s also my childhood best friend’s birthday. We’ve not seen each other for at least 36 years and then only briefly. I’ve been thinking a lot about her, so I went to the internet typed in the last information I knew and began looking. So many names matched. Finally after an interesting process of elimination, I found her. I called but got an answering machine. So believing I was right, I left a birthday message.
I received a birthday message as well. I was teaching and my cell was in the other room. I was so pleased and thought of writing a short letter that gave some information including my e-mail address and just see where it went. Well Saturday I got another call. We talked for quite a long time and exchanged information. Our fathers are both deceased, but our mothers, who were close friends as well, are both still living. Our lives have taken very different trails, yet there are still many similarities.
I don’t know where the relationship will go from here. Will we become close again? Who knows. Will it be 35 years before we speak again? Probably not. We are not that young. But regardless, I took a chance, made an effort and was rewarded greatly. Life is good!