Friday, November 21, 2014

Out to Lunch (again)

I love meeting up with a friend for lunch, and there is something about meeting up with an old friend, a childhood friend, that makes the meeting all the more special. I had no grandchildren to babysit this week, so I took the opportunity to make a lunch date with my friend Pam. We met at Panera an hour before the crowds came out.

In September of 1973,Pam and I found ourselves in the same 4th grade classroom, and though our mothers had met at a women's Bible study group, Pam and I were strangers. We weren't strangers for long, in fact we soon became fast friends.

There is something totally wonderful about childhood friends once you become adults. It's almost as if you pick up right where you left off, in this case it's pretty much high school, even though neither one of us ever really moved out of the area.

We lingered long at Panera, laughed and talked, caught up on each other's lives, and decided we need to do it again soon. I went home smiling and I think she did too.

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  1. Aw...that is so sweet!

    We moved so often during my childhood that I don't have any childhood friends like that. It sounds so fun!

    love Panera...what a great choice. Did you have that yummy apple salad? I tried it the next day after you mentioned it. Yum.

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    1. It was a wonderful couple of hours. I wish we'd kept better track of each other the past 30 years.

      I did not get the Fuji Apple Chicken Salad this time. (I learned how to make that at home, so I got something different this time.)

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  2. Finding those old friends is one reason I just love Facebook! For all the bad things it brings, there ARE some really nice things as well. Did the same as you. Met up with a high school buddy just a few months ago, and found out he lived just 10 miles away from me all this time!! We shared lunch the next day, and have a couple more times since then. Always fun stuff.

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    1. Yes, Don, Facebook has been really great for catching up with folks I haven't seen in years. For all those reasons to dump it, I find this one of the best reasons to keep it instead. I do love my friends.
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  3. I love breakfast or lunch with a friend or friends! I'm glad you went out with her and had a nice time reminiscing.

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  4. I too have just caught up with a long ago friend from childhood. We don't live anywhere near each other - she is in Australia - but it has been wonderful catching up on email.

    Marilyn from Canada

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    1. I am thankful for the internet that keeps and get me caught up with friends, old and new.
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  5. Hi Martha.....
    I love having lunch or a coffee with a friend...
    Even a friend I have actually never met♥️
    Cheers!
    Linda :o)

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