An old friend whom I haven't seen in over 30 years came in town (from Colorado) for her brothers funeral. We had lost touch of each other but reconnected a few months ago and have been talking via email. When she came in town she looked me up and we went out for breakfast this morning and then to church.
Isn't it amazing that you can reconnect with someone after all these years and all the feelings of friendship, trust, and caring are there like they never left. We talked about our children, our marriages, our hopes, our dreams, our failures, who we are, and who we want to become. Even though our hands are a little wrinkled, our hair is turning gray, and the lines stay on our face long after the smile is gone, I could see the 12 year old, the 15 year old, and the 18 year old from days past. What a wonderful visit, one that I will cherish for many, many years.
We discussed some of our shortcoming and found that we still have very much in common, another amazing thing happened when we went to church after breakfast. Mind you, this was a church which neither of us had ever attended. When we got there both of us were a little disappointed because we really wanted some contemporary christian music, the kind you can actually feel. Anyway, once the pastor started speaking, I thought he had been listening in to our breakfast conversation! He addressed many of the issues Rebecca and I spoke of which we were trying to "work on" in ourselves. Not only were we able to reconnect and rekindle a very special friendship but we were given direction on some of the issues we are facing.
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