BESTIES THROUGH THE YEARS

IF YOU HAVE BESTIES,

YOU HAVE BEEN GIVEN A GIFT.

MY BESTIES: LAURIE, ANN AND I HAVE

BEEN THAT SINCE SECOND GRADE.

HERE WE ARE IN 4TH GRADE BEING TAUGHT BY 

MY SWEET AUNT.

ANN, 4TH BOTTOM ROW, LAURIE AND I BY EACH OTHER

RIGHT NEAR AUNT TIM.

OUR FRIENDSHIP HAS GONE THROUGH 

WAXES AND WANES YET NEVER OUT 

EACH OTHERS LIVES.

FROM OUR SENIOR TRIP TO DISNEY AND OUR

MANY GATHERINGS SINCE, THEY HAVE REMAINED

TWO OF THE CONSTANTS IN MY LIFE.

AS THE PHOTOS SHOW, WE ARE ALL GETTING OLDER

BUT OUR FRIENDSHIP IS STRONGER BECAUSE OF IT.

WE THREE HAVE A RELATIONSHIP

THAT WE CAN BE HONEST WITH EACH OTHER

AND EVEN THOUGH WE DON'T ALWAYS AGREE

WE KNOW ALL OUR WORDS ARE COMING FROM A PLACE OF LOVE.

FOR THAT REASON WE CAN DO THE 

WHOLE TOUGH LOVE THING WHEN ITS NEEDED

AND STILL BE BESTIES IN THE END.

AS WE AGE, WE ARE FACED WITH DIFFERENT CHALLENGES.

MEDICAL FOR OURSELVES, DECLINING HEALTH WITH 

SPOUSES, CARING FOR OUR ADULT CHILDREN,

RELATIONSHIP ISSUES WITH OUR GRANDS AND GREATS...

GOOD TIMES AND BAD WE ARE

AND ALWAYS WILL BE THERE FOR EACH OTHER.

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND THE BEST OF NEW YEARS

TO YOU TWO.

MAY 2025 HAVE US SPENDING MUCH MORE TIME TOGETHER.