tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2872918251244874644.post3639256877005128334..comments2024-03-28T03:40:29.423-04:00Comments on Passage des Perles: Friends: Silver, gold and the second time around Duchessehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09986153653120526776noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2872918251244874644.post-45048194306156903872016-12-12T07:08:44.885-05:002016-12-12T07:08:44.885-05:00Great story. I reconnected with an old friend fro...Great story. I reconnected with an old friend from high school some time ago, but have not been good in keeping in touch the last few years. Time for that to change. But I do think the process of aging helps us in connecting and reconnectingMardelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04850551308931710502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2872918251244874644.post-27933095709173343092016-12-11T22:47:43.776-05:002016-12-11T22:47:43.776-05:00Great story, well told. And it felt like a bright ...Great story, well told. And it felt like a bright spot amid so much not-happy news of late. Here's to love, whenever and wherever, never mind the gaps in between!Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15829062955658284450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2872918251244874644.post-36185994976759683862016-12-11T13:26:33.710-05:002016-12-11T13:26:33.710-05:00Our Girl Scout troop from high school had a reunio...Our Girl Scout troop from high school had a reunion for our 70th birthdays. It was so COMFORTABLE being with each other again! We spent a few days in Albuquerque, some of us climbing high ladders to explore the caves of ancient peoples, others of us shopping, visiting museums, etc. Lots of talking and catching up, so much fun. After years of scant communication, we now mostly keep in touch via email and a few letters at Christmas.Carol in Denverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14040851935970426022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2872918251244874644.post-66968339172397369632016-12-10T19:43:13.548-05:002016-12-10T19:43:13.548-05:00I've recently connected with someone from my h...I've recently connected with someone from my high school, which was quite a small school. We were not close friends in HS.She was a jock, great athlete, and I was an artsy brainy type. But we were all part of a graduation class of about 65 young women. Reconnecting came through FB and it has been a delight to find out we share the same political views and that strong Catholic upbringing. She has a very dear friend who has the same illness I have in my face and wrote a post on how difficult it was to see her friend suffer. I mentioned I knew what it was like as I had the same. That led to private messages and much convo. I agreed to speak with her friend and offer support. I am so glad this happened and something good came out of my suffering. You just never know who you can effect people and how your experiences can bring them comfort, joy, understanding and so much more. It's been a really nice experience. I love how today we can reconnect with old friends from years back. It's all really quite amazing. Bunnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03672695141031447916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2872918251244874644.post-23226918956816892042016-12-10T10:24:42.061-05:002016-12-10T10:24:42.061-05:00Mary:I had a similar experience meeting an old uni...Mary:I had a similar experience meeting an old university roommate last summer. Lunch was pleasant but I don't think we had much common ground. <br /><br />Royleen: E-mail has been what's made the difference to us being reconnected; we have not yet Skyped. Lovely story about your friend.<br /><br />Leslie Milligan: Sometimes a person has intentions but intervening events make her less available than we'd wish. I hope she turns up.<br /><br />hostess: She wanted the divorce, and takes full responsibility for that poor decision. She was exhausted by three children close in age, plus full time work, then her father suddenly died and she just fell apart. Divorce seemed like a solution but in this case was not.<br /><br />Lagatta: Yes. Susan had always wanted to be a nurse, began her training after high school, but dropped out of program to be with her three children. She finished her degree after the youngest was school age. <br />Duchessehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09986153653120526776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2872918251244874644.post-25394738724551252472016-12-10T02:32:44.917-05:002016-12-10T02:32:44.917-05:00I've reconnected with some old friends through...I've reconnected with some old friends through Facebook and it has been great fun. Your story of reconnection is a fun one and I am fascinated by Susan and Steve's remarriage. Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12756033682201519150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2872918251244874644.post-26902360645214442502016-12-08T20:23:18.921-05:002016-12-08T20:23:18.921-05:00I'm very happy that she went back for her degr...I'm very happy that she went back for her degree. lagatta à montréalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02610410709900333230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2872918251244874644.post-55884589461006191102016-12-08T18:08:14.343-05:002016-12-08T18:08:14.343-05:00I am happy that you have had such a lovely reunion...I am happy that you have had such a lovely reunion with your old school friend. I cannot say the same for myself as I have not stayed in touch with any old school friends. About 10 years ago I did meet up with a few of them, but over dinner at a restaurant, it was clear we no longer had much in common. Their conservative leanings and monetary philosophy were a far cry from my liberal leanings and non-profit worklife, so it wasn't easy to find common ground. None of us made any effort to do so after that dinner. C'est la vie.Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11587652444835060129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2872918251244874644.post-24032834716464184512016-12-08T18:01:03.101-05:002016-12-08T18:01:03.101-05:00Long-time friendships are so precious. My BFF and ...Long-time friendships are so precious. My BFF and I met in 1961 when we were in 10th grade. We were very close until she moved to the east coast from California. At that time, long-distance calls were a luxury, but we managed through occasional calls and letters. She experienced a psychotic break in 1979, and I remember crying on the phone because I could not fly to PA and be with her and her husband. Undiagnosed as bipolar until this time in her life, the psychotic break was caused by the wrong meds. Fortunately she got great care and went on to a distinguished career as a teacher. As cell phones and email came into our lives, we were able to once again "talk" everyday. As we did in high school and most of college. We have visited back and forth more often as we had more time and more resources . I remember when she got her drivers license and I was so jealous that she turned 16 a whole year before me! Now I will turn 70 in 2 months, and she will turn 71. She will always be my best friend. We have been through so much together, and hope to make more memories in the future. 56 years of memories so far. Bonus: our husbands like each other!royleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08935701918629007223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2872918251244874644.post-31017715837006861582016-12-08T15:37:03.716-05:002016-12-08T15:37:03.716-05:00Coincidence? This morning I was thinking of my chi...Coincidence? This morning I was thinking of my childhood best friend and wondering if reconnection was possible. Kathy and I were best friends from 7th grade. We graduated with the exact same GPA, she beat me out of a higher spot in our class ranking only by the fact that her last name alphabetically preceded mine. After high school I moved to California. She moved to Austin, but we kept up a correspondence throughout our twenties and frequently traveled back and forth to see each other and share in each other's homes and life. In our thirties, I moved back to Austin to be close to an ailing grandmother just as she prepared to go to NY with her partner and child. She finished her Masters, I moved up the professional ranks. It was here that we started to lose interest in the high interaction of our friendship due to commitments to family, school, work, other relationships. It never really recovered. Like you, I recently found her on Facebook, though neither of us are frequent users of the site. I found out that she had lived in Seattle for a time, my current home, without contacting me. She mentioned that she has just relocated to Colorado to be with a grandchild, about whom I'd love to hear, but alas, she has not responded to my most recent inquiry. It saddens me that we cannot rekindle a friendship that was once so necessary, so close, so integral to my youth. Perhaps one day she will contact me, perhaps not. But, I heard a song this morning on the radio that reminded me of her and then opened your blog. Thank you. Leslie Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08372692743147163062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2872918251244874644.post-31101105449629996722016-12-08T11:30:33.418-05:002016-12-08T11:30:33.418-05:00I quite like this story of friendship...
and its a...I quite like this story of friendship...<br />and its amazing that Susan and Steve have remarried after intervening relationships and other spouses.<br />It is curious and I wonder why they ever split up in the first place if there was so much love between them both?<br />hostess of the humble bungalowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06453827257671312902noreply@blogger.com