Old Star Connection

I had lunch last Friday with Tracey from high school days. It has been at least seventeen years since I had least seen her. Wow, that is almost a half of a lifetime ago.  But it was just like getting together with any girlfriend, because you always have certain things in common. Housing, babies, jobs, aging parents, married life, etc.  Everyone from school is doing pretty well.  Babies are definitely on her brain and they've had some troubles. I was never close enough with her to really open up, but it is funny that you can feel so immediately at home with someone that knew you back then. When you were fifteen and did not know what the hell the world was going to throw at you.  Or seventeen and with strangers. I guess we both did ok, after all.