Friday I leave to New Mexico. I'll be attending the wedding of the only person I've kept in contact with since high school. She actually keeps in contact with a number of high school buddies, so it will likely be an unofficial reunion. I never had a high school reunion, the planning committee couldn't pull it together.
I will be staying with an old roommate from college. She married someone she met in college on a blind date. I was in the wedding about 10 years ago. They have two boys. I haven't seen her since 2002. We talk infrequently and email from time to time. When I contacted her to say I am coming to town, there was no hesitation in letting me stay with them. We spoke on the phone last night and it was like there was no distance at all...we could have talked for hours. We all need friends like that in our lives. In one of my favorite books of all time, All the Kings Men by Robert Penn Warren (soon to be a movie with Sean Penn), the author calls these "friends of your youth." These are the kinds of friends who we have known for so long, we may loose touch with, but we can pick right up where we left off...friends of your youth.
This will also be the first time I've stepped foot in New Mexico since 2004. It is hard to believe it has been that long...time goes quickly. A lot has changed since I was there last. There are people I didn't tell I was coming. There just isn't enough time to see everyone. I will spend limited time with my family in Santa Fe on Sunday and Monday. I return to my adopted homeland Monday afternoon. I'll take lots of pictures and maybe post a couple from the trip.
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