Dear Jakey,

Today I talked to Chels on the phone. It has probably been at least a year and a half since we actually spoke but it was as though we talk everyday. Immediately we were laughing – and Jakey, you know that laugh of mine that is really more of a cackle. It never ceases to amaze me how we just pick up as though we were still 13 and to think of all the memories and shenanigans that we have gotten into over 25 years. 25 years – it is so powerful to think of the length and duration of our friendship. Through high school and all of that drama, through college and those adventures and through all the ups and downs of real life. And to think of the people we were at 13 and how at 38 we are still sort of the same – although I’d like to think we are a little more civilized versions of ourselves.Through lives thousands of miles apart – it still remaining like we are living around the corner from each other.

So, today I am thankful for old friends – I am thankful for Chelsea and all of our memories. I am thankful for the day that she came over years ago and we hung out while you worked with Xavier. And I am thankful for Tuck too and how she got to know you each summer in PI. And for the night she came over and we went through old yearbooks and laughed so hard. And last but not least I am thankful for Super Heather too. That she got to meet you in what turned out to be your last summer. All friends from so long ago yet they make it seem like yesterday.

Love,

Mommy

Love,

Mommy