Old Friends Month
They say, “You can’t make old friends” but I found out you can rediscover them. We made friends with Beth and Ted in 1989 when I forced Lori to leave friends and family for the sake of career to live in Mechanicburg, PA. Soon after moving in, we became close friends with Beth and Ted saving the marriage or at least making things much easier. Over 10 years ago, we lost touch until this February when we went to Maui adding to our second summer.
Ted and Beth spent 6 months a year in Maui for the past 20 years, own a home there and are no longer haoles. They like living there but not constantly hosting visitors which can easily happen. Suddenly your third cousin expects a place to stay and someone to show them around after you first and second cousins have just left. As friends they haven’t seen on over 10 years, we could have been that kind of visitor. So we weren’t and as I mentioned above you can rediscover old friends.
As the days progressed we did more and more together. We came out of hibernation and were once again old close friends. Lori and I stayed at the beach a few blocks away and planned activities which Beth or Ted either joined or switched to something better. We kayaked, hiked, swam, snorkeled, golfed, whale watched and happy houred the days away with great conversation and laughter. We enjoyed it so much it is not only a do again but a do again in 2024. Below is a slide showing a bit of it.
Earlier in February, I met with some old friends, my fraternity brothers of 40 years, and I have stayed in touch with them. However, old friends like these you have stay in touch with the right amount or your life will go sideways. We rented a house in Naples, FL played golf for a few days and laughed till we our sides hurt. As we are now wiser, there are few pictures. Here is all of them.
Old friends are the best and spending time with them doing cool things is a top notch way to spend your time. We ended February still on the beach in Hawaii and more to be done.
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