Reuniting....

So many of my memories are internal and personal and charged with a wide range of feelings. When one reconnects with an old friend, it validates the importance of meaningful past experiences that are cherished and valued. Today, I reunited with Helen, a college roommate, who I hadn’t seen in over 11 years.

The last time I saw her, I was still living in my Kingston apartment where my rent was $560 a month. I was making $8.50 an hour as a residence counselor, and pulling all-nighters writing grad school papers. I was rolling pennies for a bagel on Wall Street. We had no internet. We had no cell phones. We both had our lower backs tattooed.

Since then, between the two of us, there have been 2 marriages, 3 births, a law degree, master’s degree, first homes, second homes, and a decade of ups and downs. We recapped our very full lives with each other – spouses too (we are both with the same men), so you can sense the intensity and imagine the enthusiasm at my home today. And while I shall not review the details of our discussions, I will say that it brought me great joy – to the point of tears - to see one of the most beautiful people I have ever known!!