Adele

Moving to Florida has made me realize several things.  I really miss my friends.  When we came down here it was all very exciting and so new, so much to learn, to see, to experience.  With that being said, there is also a comfort in having old friends and I really like to be comfortable.

One of the things I always believed is that true friendships take time, you can't have a history with someone in a few weeks or months or even years.  When we start out liking someone and spending time together, we don't really think about the time, we just have the moments, the good and the bad.  And all those moments make a friendship.

So here I am with no friends and it bothers me, something I keep trying to ignore but it keeps tapping me on the head reminding me that all my friends are a long ways away and I miss them.  Its kinda like air, you don't really miss it til its gone.  I feel like I'm suffocating sometimes. And women need friends, we need to bitch about stuff, mostly men, and we need other women for that.

Then I found Adele. Again.  We have a history, we have had moments, most of them over 30 ago. Back in the mid-1970's, she needed a roommate and I needed a roommate, we never heard of each other before that.  And it worked out.  No expectations, we didn't know each other but little by little we got to like each other and spend time together and we raised hell.  We just had fun.  This was before husbands and babies and serious jobs.  It was all about guys and disco and guys and staying out late and guys and parties.  And it ended almost as fast as it started, we each got married and went our separate ways.  But somewhere along the way, we became friends.

When we started thinking about coming to Florida, I knew Adele was here but not sure where. Thank goodness for Facebook.  I found her, she lives 35 miles away from me now and we have a history.  It has been great fun to catch up, she's easy to be with and we laugh about all the crazy times back in the day.  We can't go back.  But we have the memories. And I'm hoping we can make more.

Boating in Naples  7-7-12 with Adele

So I have a friend.  It makes me happy.  I can never replace my old friends. But I think I have one here.  The tapping on my head is getting lighter.   Margaret