Dear Kid,

Have you ever gone a while without talking to someone and then you pick up right where you left off, weeks, or months, or years earlier?

Recently, I met up with a friend I hadn’t seen in a while. We had some serious catching up to do, but it was effortless, engaging, and endlessly entertaining. In other words, it was our friendship. The same as it had always been.

That’s the great thing about real friends. The friendship doesn’t disappear. Sometimes it fades for a while. Sometimes it lies dormant during a friendship winter. But it’s there, waiting for friendship spring, ready to blossom back.

Cheers to friends.

Love, Mom