What a coincidental column!
We were with long-time friends (and our daughter) Monday eve; Shelly posted pics on FB. And we see them again Wed. Friendship is to be cherished and ones that stand the test of time are all the more special.

Facebook has helped rekindle old friendships.

I knew this was going to be your blog topic!! You said it all except one of the unexpected, interesting things about spending time with old friends is when you learn something new.

PS I stopped counting at 25 years. :)

"Old friends, you mean much more to me than the new friends"
Harry Chapin, "I Let Time Go Lightly"

I just spent some time this morning catching up with an "old friend" from 30+ years ago (we were housemates in law school, and traveled together to Australia and New Zealand for 4+ weeks after taking our respective bar exams). This morning, we made plans to visit their vacation home in Virginia for a long weekend this summer. I haven't seen him in over a year, and our wives, who met through us and also are good friends, haven't gotten together in 3 or 4 years. Really looking forward to it.

A few months ago, a wonderful friend from high school phoned to tell me that his father had died at age 86 (he quit smoking thirty years ago, but lung cancer got him anyway--diagnosis to expiry: two weeks). His parents still live in Westchester (my friend and his family live in Pittsburgh), and asked me to attend, which of course I did.

Several other friends from that group whom I hadn't seen in thirty years were there, and Jim said that having all of us around him made it so much easier for him to get through his father's death. There was a very nice and authentic Italian lunch at a good place in Pleasantville, all of us Sleepy Hollow High School alumni sat together for a meal that lasted nearly four hours.

Thanks, Nancy, for reminding me of WRM (What Really Matters).