Julie,
Unsure why I became less close... but between being molested (?-12) and turning to alcoholism strongly as a fun social crutch & a coping mechanism, and having to testify against a murderer...well... I shut everything and everyone down and out and became a superficial fool on my journey for decades... Lost
I've owed you a long over due apology for abandoning my best buddy but I guess I've been unsure about the "why" aspect of that until this post death # 1 thought I felt compelled to share.
I'm simply sorry for not being the friend you were to me... we once were for another.
Fukk... life is so weird and wild and wonderful and wicked too... MOSTLY MERRILY WONDERFUL !!!
Like looking back at memories you can view again that make today finally start to make a but more sense... At long last.
God... One day we just need to sit with your husband and all laugh and talk.
I need beautiful people to restore need and I've been shredded inside and out a good long while now. I'm finally had enough of me, and left me behind and found myself. I like myself, I didn't much care for me.
I'm drowning in tears if epiphany again, good tears friend ;)
Toast and a ciggy, on a porch in a tee-pee ! We were surely once crazy ;) & wtf about a Xmas tree ???
Shhhhhhhh
I'm so thankful God has spared me ;)
I'm so very proud of your Carolina Tiger Paws and your drive to enjoy life through triumph over tragedy.
I bet we have a little wisdom we didn't understand as kiddos.
Did you see that "thing" streak down the length of Morey Lane ??? We sat on a green grassy field, surrounded by scientists and military leaders and modern families, a stone's throw from the Fort Belvoir Proving Grounds.
...and so much more, and more.
What a childhood we shared... forever !
Hugs