The Reunion

We tried to remember everything we had forgotten.

We summoned up smells and sounds that had long been sanitized and snuffed. We conjured up faces
and phrases that had faded and fizzled. We attempted to retrieve, re- enact and relive the rituals and
routines that had shaped our young selves.

We resurrected, recalled and reminisced.

In the end, we simply rejoiced that our time together, over forty years ago, had truly meant something
and had indeed set into motion our transformation from clumsy, but creative children to gloriously
imperfect yet productive adults.

No distance of place or lapse of time can lessen the friendship of those who are thoroughly persuaded of
each other's worth.

Robert Southey

Memories are the treasures that we keep locked deep within the storehouse of our souls, to keep our
hearts warm when we are lonely.

Becky Aligada

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We all take different paths in life, but no matter where we go, we take a little of each other everywhere.

Tim McGraw