Who Says You Can't Go Home Again

Well, how was everyone's weekend?  To say that mine was fantastic would be a understatement.  I mean it was really that good.  Rarely does a weekend meet with so much perfection but this one just did.  If you remember, this is the weekend that D and I were going to Illinois to attend our dear friends son's wedding.  Just a little background. This couple was in our wedding ... 30 years ago.  They were our "go-to" couple when we were dating.  We loved hanging out with them.  They were already married and responsible homeowners so we found ourselves at their house almost every weekend.  We just love them so much.  Well, 30 years and 450 miles can change a friendship but honest to goodness, it hasn't.  As soon as we sat down with them this weekend, we felt like we had never left.  We got to visit with them at the wedding, went for a late dinner after and then sat with them at our home church this morning.  Now granted, a lot has changed in all these years but a lot has stayed the same.  These folks are just as solid as a rock and good as gold. 

Here is a photo from the wedding.  This is their oldest child between us.

Okay so if that wasn't the best thing ever, on top of that I sat at Panera for 2 1/2 hours talking and laughing with my best friend from high school Saturday morning.   Y'all seriously, what is better than having a history like that with someone and still loving them like crazy.  Why we didn't take a photo I'll never ever know but trust me when I say, we still look the same as we did in high school.  Yea, right.  If only. 

As we were driving up on Friday, we called another one of our long time couple friends just to let them know we were going to be in town.  They immediately said, "meet us for dinner!"  And we did.  Again, we didn't have enough sense to get a picture but it was just the best time of catching up! 

Mother went with us and believe it or not, she has a friend she has known since she was 5 who is still living (Mother says most her "people" have gone on to be with the Lord) and still living in Marion.  She called her and this friend came to the hotel; picked her up in her car (yep - still driving at 89) and they went "visiting" another one of their girlfriends.  Then Saturday night, a cousin of my daddy's came and took Mother to dinner.  When we got in at 10:30, I knocked on her door and they were still sitting up talking.  Mother was just crazy about all the fun she had.  We heard about it all the way home.  And that was worth the trip!