"Friendship improves happiness and abates misery, by the doubling of our joy and the dividing of our grief."

i got in touch with my best friend from high school this weekend. we've stayed in contact off and on over the few years since we graduated, but in the last two years have had little or no contact. this being said, i doesn't seem like it could have been that long because i'be though about her a lot during that time. she came over to my parents house last night after work and we stayed up till about 2 talking and reminiscing & catching up. it was just like we were teenagers again, staying up late, giggling, and talking--except for the fact that i had two babies asleep in the floor who kept waking up every few minutes to join the fun! it really was great, though. there is just something special about a childhood friend, who you grew up with and saw you through preteenage anxieties, teen crushes & pressures, and then into adulthood as a (hopefully) more mature woman. maybe not all friendships can and ought to endure. but if you're lucky enough to have one that can & has, that is a treasure not to be taken lightly.