Friendship

Dear James, Daniel and Emily

So, still basking in the glow of a wonderful dinner and couple of hours chatting with my old friend Mark. Thanks again for the dinner Mark. Mark & I went to high school together and have kept up over the past 23 years. But we hadn't spent any real time together in probably 8 years. We saw each other briefly about 4 years ago, but it was at a party so there wasn't a lot of one on one time.

So we got togehter last night, and I will admit that I was a little nervous before seeing him. We live in very different worlds: I do my daily grind in the digital mines while Kim works in a grovery store. Mark is a highly paid consultant working with the American Cancer Society, lives in Washington DC and his wife is a consultant as well.

But literally as soon as he arrived it was like we had seen each other yesterday. The conversation flowed easily and we talked about practically every topic under the sun. It was great. Which got me to thinking that one of the signs of a truly great friendship is the ability to go long periods of time without seeing each other and still act like the period of time wasn't there. There are other signs of course, but that to me is one of the biggest. The same thing happened a couple of years back when I got together with my college friend Brian. And it's an amazing thing.

So thanks again for the excellent meal Mark, and while the length of time doesn't appear to matter, let's still try not to go 7-8 years between meetings next time.