Ladies' Night

As I sit in Panera (seemingly the only place that has free wi-fi: wtf starbucks) I can't help but overhear...or eavesdrop...on the table near me. The table is surrounded by eight elderly women capped on one end by their priest and I instantly think, when do your life-long friends really become your life-long friends? Is it the people who are your friends during the first part of your life - the ones who wear Starter jackets, British Knights shoes and Tommy Hilfiger overalls? Or is it the friends during your 'golden age' - the ones who study with you, hold up your two-story beer bong and always help you validate the amount of money you spend at Target? Or the ones who will be with you down the road - and maybe they have been with you since the day you got braces and glasses at the same time - the ones who babysit for you when you're in a pinch, who bring over one-pot dinners when you lose a loved one and who get weekly perms with you every Thursday after morning church? Either way, they're there for you when you need them.

I think I have friends from all parts of my life who will be with me forever. No, I know I do.