365 days of 40, #238-240

So wow!  Who would believe it??? I have an old neighborhood. Or at least a village, and yeah, might not have been perfect, but it was a pretty great place to grow up. 

Today has been one amazing ride.  I spent 6 hours catching up with old friends and had we had more time, we probably could have gone on longer. 

It boggles the mind to the point that I'm still trying to process, but it was so much fun laughing and catching up and generally reconnecting.  It's crazy how there are just some people who you can talk to and no matter how long it has been, no time at all as passed. They are the people who "knew you when" and still care about you no matter what.  What's even harder to believe is that I've known them almost 30 years.  That is way over 1/2 my life.

It was amazing seeing my friend, "A". Growing up I always felt privileged to say that he was a friend of mine and seeing him today and just what an amazing man he is was truly humbling.  We had a wonderfully uplifting conversation and it just gave me hope for the future.  I can't wait till later this summer when things warm up, we're going to have a bbq with him, his wife and his kids along with my mom and sister and all the little people that we claim who inhabit the general area.

Then I saw "R", the said crush and amazingly enough, I was almost fun and charming and didn't completely revert back to being 16 again.  It was a blast reminiscing about the years, and actually have him remember some of the times fondly was pretty awesome.  I told him about my crush on him and how he broke my heart, but all kidding aside, it was wonderful seeing him too.  I hope that he will do what he says and gives me a call.  I did pass out my business cards after all.  It would be nice to just catch up one on one like I did with A.

As I write this, I can't help but just have a smile on my face.  They always say that you have friends for a reason, a season or a lifetime and then there are those that defy description and it's because of them, that you become the person you were meant to be.

I look back and see not only how far I have come, and sitting here at 40, hopefully not half way done, I've done pretty darn good,  but I can look forward to see just how amazing the journey is ahead of me. I can't wait to fill it with many more memories and friends and all of the other things that make a life.