Walk with Me - Down Memory Lane

This is an old picture I took a few years ago, but I thought

it fit this walk.

It is a different kind of walking.

A walk down memory lane.

Last week my "live-in gardener" and I met old friends for lunch.

What I mean by "old friends" is the long history we have

with this couple.

I slightly knew the husband in high school;

so I was surprised when I ran into him the first week of college

several hundred miles from our homes.

Gradually a friendship was developed between he and his future wife.

I roomed with her one summer during our college years.

The next summer there were two weddings,

one was mine and the next week was theirs,

where I was a bridesmaid.

As years have gone along, we each had two children

born in the same years.

Sometimes we have lived close together and

most often not;

but the friendship has continued through ups and downs.

Shared family stories, shared sorrows, shared laughter.

These friendships are to be treasured and dear.

So for this week it is a walk down a memory lane

with treasured friends.

I highly recommend occasional walks down memory lanes.

Christmas time is the best time of all to do this.

Take care, dear friends, and treasure these moments.