Last weekend I had the chance to retouch with old friends at a baby shower. It was for my best friend from high school Caroline. I actually enjoyed the time spent with her and Ashley (my other best friend from high school). It is wierd sitting down looking around and thinking, "oh my we are all grown up!" Talking about our jobs, our families, and our children. If you would have asked me 9 years ago where I thought we would all be, it would have never been here. Mind you, our 10 year high school reunion is next year this is what I would have said.......
Me, I figured I would be in some big corporation with my corner office with a wonderful view, doing something in marketing and PR. Well I live here with my wonderful husband, my daughter, and my lovely dogs. In all actuallity, I work for a bank, I have a corner office with a view of a gas station, in PEARL!!! Not to say that working in Pearl is a bad thing, but if you are a Brandon High School graduate, that is beyond you!!!! Oh well it is what it is and it pays the bills!!!!
Ashley, I figured she would marry a rich doctor of some sort and live day for day. Well, she lives with her husband in MS and is moving back to Brandon (which I am selfishley jumping up and down with excitement, because the girls will be back together again). She also works at a bank!! HOW IRONIC!!!!
And Lastly Caroline, I figured she would be working for some huge accounting firm where she made partner in some great big city somewhere. No, she is here with her husband expecting their first child and working here as well.
All in all we did leave this place and venture out on our own and now are all coming back to the one place we all met. Really weird how things play out. My daddy always told me that you can have a lot of friends, but your "best friends" you can count on one hand. These two girls have always been there. We have gone for months even a year before talking and when we do talk it was like we just saw each other yesterday!!! I am glad that we soon all be together in one town again so we can at least go grab a bite to eat at the old fav. spot O'Charley's and talk about our husbands and children.
It is amazing how on blog about a baby shower can turn into all of this. Oh well, I love my friends and very greatful that God has put them in my life.
1 comment:
You think it's crazy?
I've watched you all transform into real adults... with husbands... and kids!?
I personally think that O'Charley's isn't enough... Yall need to bring out the orange jacket and Kenny too. Caroline?
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