Family, friends, occaisions, and fun...

I just returned from a weekend event. The wedding of a friend. Actually the daughter of friends. Laura Legacki and Andrew Houk were married in Sacramento, CA this weekend. It is amazing to me how when friends move away to other towns or states, we think of them often, but rarely make the effort to go and visit. These are friends that we saw every Friday as our children were growing up. We made the effort to meet for Pizza Night because with our busy schedules, it was the only way to ensure that we would see each other and catch up. What happens when the kids grow up and move on? Are we still friends? Do we ever get together? The answer is Yes, and No.



The core of the Pizza Night group were together at last. A number of our children have gotten married and we have had "events" to bring us together. But, somehow, someone was always missing or they were one night affairs where we scurried back to our busy lives and buried our noses in our "life". I'm not sure what made this different. Maybe it was only different for me, but, I realized that a part of our lives has changed and will never be the same. Now, I'm not dim...I know that we cannot resurrect our good times from life gone by, but, it was just so good to see everyone happy, smiling, enjoying each others company again. It is something to be able to say...sure wish everyone were closer so we could do this more often. But, we're not..

But maybe, just maybe, we are meant to have moments like these to remind us just how good we DO have it. To be grateful for the people that have come through our lives...some for a day, a week, a month, a few years...and know that we can remember for a lifetime. It is incredible how we can catch up on news and pick up as if we haven't seen each other since last Friday night...

We laughed, remembered good times, talked of keeping in touch with each other and I hope we do.