But, I was thinking about our past and what brought us together in the first place, somewhat amazed that this friendship ever even got started. By my family's standards, her family was rich. Our parents did not know each other. She lived in the city; I lived in the country. She was popular, I was not. We had very few classes together. I was in orchestra, she was not. I don't remember how it all got started, but it did.
We had sleep-overs, or I would stay in town instead of taking the bus home and get a ride home with mom after work. We'd babysit together on her jobs and my jobs. We'd take the bus uptown and shop together, stopping at the White Drug Cafe, in the basement of the White Drug...for Tab's and french fries with catsup. (There was no Diet Coke or Diet Pepsi at the time, just Tab or Fresca!) At that time, the White Drug was located on the Penny's block in Fargo, ND.
As I reminiced, I realized our main connection was that we were both boy-crazy! Still, so was just about every girl out age. Then something else sunk in....she was a city girl who loved the country and I was a country girl who loved the city! Her Dad had a ranch with horses close to our farmstead and she loved horses. I liked them, too, but I had a motorcycle instead of a horse. We were from different worls and that appealed to each of us.
We drifted apart the last couple years of high schoool, but I would reccomend looking up your old friends...we picked up right where we left off and if there was any kind of old baggage...it vaporized with the years! At the time of our 40 year reunion, we hadn't seen each other for 30 years. I am so glad she is back in my life!
