This Past Week

This past week, because of Flasch's passing, a number of old friends from high school popped back in to chat. I haven't kept in regular contact with anyone (even friends) from Kirkwood, at least since after college. Then I headed off to Boston and then to New York (always being on the move every few years because of grad school), which made it difficult to maintain those ties. The fact that many friends got married, had children, and settled down much earlier, added to the distance as well. I still truly care about these 'friends of old', as odd as it might seem, and its been such a pleasure to get back in touch.