Time Warp Tuesday: Golden Friends

I have been a Girl Scout for many years--both as a child and as an adult. Make new friends, but keep the old, one is silver and the other's gold . . ." is definitely a message I internalized. I don't like to let people go, but I always have time for one more friend. 

Catching up with golden friends is always a fantastic time. This weekend I hosted a brunch for our friends who live in Ohio and were one of the families in this picture.

While I've seen R a couple of times in the past few months, this was the first trip out in a while that H came with him. There were two other couples, neighbors and friends, invited as well. The weather was picture-perfect for dining al fresco and sipping Champagne. We did that for a very long time.

 

My backyard on a February day. I am blessed. Jocelyn's brisk times cross-country skiing with her family look fun in theory, but I think I'm going to stick with this climate.

 

The party broke up about 8:30. 

When H and I were texting about getting together, I said "It will be nice to get-together without having to prevent kids from running into the street or drowning." She left when all our kids were between 1 and 8, so there was definitely no rest for anybody. 

 

Beach camping, 1997 or 98. Children of 3 of the 4 couples at brunch represented.

Obviously, I had a panorama camera at the time. The frames are Marshall's and I still love them. They're fussier than my usual taste, but I think a splash like that works.

 

It was beyond lovely. Social Butterfly joined us and was excellent company. The neighbor girl (she and SB used to be together all.the.time) came by to borrow a surfboard from SB and then to eat dinner with us. 

We did talk kids a little bit, of course, but we also talked a lot of other things. Any day spent in the company of well-informed, thoughtful people who also love to laugh is a good time for sure.

There is definitely something about the friends you've raised families with--those are ties that bind.

There's a part of the first picture that's my favorite (there's another part that's a close second--maybe I'll do that next week). I turned away for a moment and these girls morphed into smart, gorgeous women.  Seriously. 

 

California girls--or at least they all started out that way :)

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Comments

[gary rith]

ooooh.... from little kids to adults in the blink of an eye!

[Mrs. G.]

It's true. My closest friend (who lives very far away) and I raised our kids (and ourselves) together.

[Green Girl in Wisconsin]

Golden friends. I do like that so much.

[Karen (formerly kcinnova)]

Golden friends. YES.

[Jenrantsraves]

I share the Girl Scout message about keeping old friends with you, but sadly most of my "golden" friends apparently do not. I know that life with small children is extremely busy, but I often wonder what most of the women I know are going to do with themselves once the children are gone.
We had new friends over this weekend, and it was so nice! "Brunch" that lasts until 8:30? Yep, that sounds about right for you!

[Jocelyn]

Love the shout-out, honey. When snowsports are happening, ain't nothing better than winter in Northern MN.

But all the other times? Yea, it's February, and I'm ready to drink champagne with you in warmth and sun.

Your words about looking away and girls growing up hit me where I'm living. About to have a teenager here, and when I started blogging, she was in first grade. How'd that happen?

Thanks for being a constant model of active gratitude.

[Busy Bee Suz]

Golden friends who share your history are the best.....Love this post. So glad you were able to visit with them again!

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