Some thoughts on relationships
With my 50th high school reunion just around the corner (I know, I don't look it do I? Yea...I look like it should be my 70th) I have had the joy of reconnecting with an old friend who I really had not talked to for almost all of those 50 years. We sat next to each other throughout much of our school time together because our last names started with A. We weren't close, never hung out together, but always had a kind of connection that was unexplainable, yet real. Nothing formal, just a connection. It has brought great joy the last few months to communicate and find out what has happened in those 50 years. I can't see us ever getting out of touch again now. Two weeks ago I drove down to Williamsburg, VA to see my best friend from high school. He suffers from ALS and has been wheelchair bound for 20 years or so. He is hard to understand when he talks sometimes but the close relationship we had somehow gives me the ability to hear and interpret what he is saying. He