Am…musings

At the Edmonton airport, headed for home and then to Charlotte, it occurs to me friendship will always take precedence over most things in my life – including blogging. 

I hadn’t seen my high school friend Chrissie, who lives in Canada, in about four years and – I’m ashamed to admit – I never visited her in the 16 years since she left St. Louis after marrying a Canadian.  I also hadn’t visited my friend Natalie, who was my roommate during our Disney internship days, since the early 2000s.  

Lots has happened in Chrissie’s life recently (cute accent or not … not all Canadian men are wonderful and the one she’s now divorced from takes the cake), and two major things have happened to Natalie … 2-year-old John Luke and 2-month-old Rachel. 

Years ago when I was upset about leaving friends to head to college, my mom said you will always have a bond with those who you are meant to be your friends and even if you live apart, whenever you see each other you will fall back into your friendship as though no time has passed.

Over the years – with moves to Florida and California and back to Missouri, and college and Disney friends ending up across the country, I’ve learned she was right, but it never ceases to amaze and delight me.  

It’s that kind of friendship that caused me to mostly unplug over the last 11 days, unlike most typical vacations ever could.