Longstanding Friendship by Weezilou

Longstanding Friendship

Funny, the turns life takes. Mary and I met in college when we were in the same sorority pledge class at Washington University in St Louis and we shared an apartment there. We met our husbands in school there, too. After graduation, we moved to separate towns, but in the last 14 years we've ended up living just a few miles from one another. Our kids became friends, and John & Mary's daughter now lives a short way from our girls in Chicago where they're also best friends. It's been a delight to have them come for a visit this summer to Lunenburg, and we'll always remember our first day together here with the hurricane blowing outside! Today we drove down the coast for sightseeing, shopping and lunch. Here we are on Crescent Beach where for over a mile you can drive on the sand along the water's edge. For four Californians (where the beaches are packed with people) this was a beautiful sight and a delightfully fun way to pass a half hour!
It looks like a beautiful area. I think it is so neat how your friendships have kept up with each other, not only as far as location, but now also including your Children being so close.
September 7th, 2010  
isnt it wonderful to have friends that last a lifetime!! :) great picture!! :)
September 7th, 2010  
How wonderful to have friends for such a long time and now your children are friends as well. Just perfectly planned. It looks so beautiful there....!
September 7th, 2010  
I agree with Della and Mrs. Smith...how fabulous that this friendship has sustained itself...with lots of work and love. How very special.
September 7th, 2010  
That's wonderful that you have remained close after all of these years, and it's so nice that your children are best friends with each other too. Sounds like you had another lovely day. I can't imagine being able to drive at the water's edge on our beaches either - I bet that would be fun!
September 7th, 2010  
long friendships are the best. btw there are about twenty million reasons they don't let californians drive on the beach!
September 7th, 2010  
What a beautiful photo of you two!
September 7th, 2010  
Hello Friend!!!

I am up and running again after a terribly busy, happy, emotional week, with a few sick days thrown in!
I hope you are enjoying the winding down of your time in NS...and happily anticipating the build-up to baby time!
We are now into full swing wedding mode...less than 5 weeks now... and I fear I may continue to be off and on here as sporadically as I have been in the last couple of months. Though, I DO take pictures everyday. ;-)
Love this picture of you and your friend, and guess what??? My nephew Evan just started at Washington University!
Small world, again! :-)
XO

September 7th, 2010  
Great heartwarming story. I have been best friends with the same person for 10 years now, and I hope to be able to look back in years to come and say the same about our children being friends!
September 7th, 2010  
It is great to meet old friends ! Lovely photo.
September 7th, 2010  
It's so neat how your lives have paralleled over the years and that your families have been able to remain friends for so long. How cool that you were able to drive so far along the beach. On Cape, you need a special off road permit to drive on the beaches, and there are only a few that allow you to do so.
September 7th, 2010  
sounds like the kind of friendship you dream about when you are a little girl. HOw fun being able to drive on the sand.
September 7th, 2010  
How wonderful is to keep in touch with old friends! And you have a great story together and your children too. Enjoy your friendship!
September 7th, 2010  
strong bonds are so important. Beautiful image
September 7th, 2010  
That's a wonderful story Louise.... now did you make it to the "nude" part of the beach... ;0
September 7th, 2010  
Wonderful photo - happy pair! Lovely backdrop, too! Friends - real friends - are often a rare commodity. I wrote this to a friend some time ago...think it fits here:
There are people who wander through your life – enter and exit.
There are others who wander in, do some damage and then stumble on.
And then there are extraordinary people who knock at the door, come in, with love, and stay;
They are...friends.
September 7th, 2010  
So wonderful to see. I don't have any friends I've been 'with' that long... what a treasure.
September 7th, 2010  
Great shot! You guys are sure to be lifelong friends. I think it's so cool that you can drive along the beach!
September 7th, 2010  
Friendships are a marvelous thing. Its nice that you seem to have so many and you spend time to nurture them.
September 7th, 2010  
What a great shot, Louise. I love that you have a friendship that has endured. It's great that your children are friends, too. How wonderful! Was it totally coincidence that you ended up in the same location and that your children did, too?
September 7th, 2010  
What a great story to go with such a wonderful photo!
September 7th, 2010  
Wonderful story & a great photo. It's amazing to have so much history with someone.
September 7th, 2010  
I love your history with your friend. My best friend and I has known each other for 20 years. Our sons are the same age (9 month from each other) and they are best friends. I hope it will last forever.

I love your picture. And its funny because the nature is so much like the nature here. I think I have a picture in my calender, simular to this one :-)
September 7th, 2010  
Love the story of your friendship. I have friends who I went to college with in the midwest end out here in Seattle with me. So nice to have people around with history. Great shot on the beach. Love to drive on the beach...it always feel like I am doing something I should not be doing!!
September 7th, 2010  
love the pic and so cool you have remained friends :-)
September 7th, 2010  
Everyday you bring happiness to this little community, so I can only imagine the happiness you bring to your "real life friends"!
Fantastic Louise as always :o)
September 7th, 2010  
Great picture of two longtime friends!! That´s just so nice, to have friends for such a long time. like many have said already, it´s great your kids are friends too. What a wonderful life you have! And how nice to share it with us through your photos and stories!
I enjoy them so much!
September 7th, 2010  
Love to hear your stories, as always. Great one.
September 7th, 2010  
What a lovely photo - lovely to hear that you have been friends all those years & that your children are friends too.
I spent today with my best friend who I met when I was 5 years old - it's so good to catch up - I know what you mean :D
September 7th, 2010  
Nice to meet up & remember good times.. (be careful driving on that beach many years ago Linda was learning to drive & i took her onto Southport beach UK ..( a few miles down the coast from Liverpool . & she sank my car .LOL we were stranded for about 4 hours, the tide which was low came in around us lucky we were on a sand bank.. Eventually we were rescued by a local chap in a 4 wheel drive land rover with the longest tow rope you have ever seen ...lol... Great story over a couple of drinks ... Your picture just reminded me of that day .. ((O:
September 7th, 2010  
Great story. Long friendships are the only kind to have. You two look lovely!
September 7th, 2010  
I love beaches - any beach - I like being a beachcomber!
September 7th, 2010  
Louise, thanks, as always, for your kind comments on my photo. Yes, it's hard to say goodbye to Ella and her parents each time they leave or I leave. They're coming to Denver for Christmas so I don't have to wait too long. When do you leave for SC? I know that will be hard, too. But I'm sure, knowing you, you have many friends in California that will be so glad you're back. :-)
September 7th, 2010  
Louise you have such a pretty smile. :)
September 7th, 2010  
How wonderful!! I have a few longtime friends who still live not far from me. It's nice to know that friendships can and do last a liftetime! I also have so many new friends that I've met recently through the Internet. And to think I used to be so afraid of it! I once told my daughter that I'd NEVER have Internet in our home. LOL, she still teases me about it today.

This is a wonderful photo of you and your friend!
September 7th, 2010  
Loved the tiny glimpse into your life and your longstanding friendship. I can't imagine extending a friendship into the second generation. What a wonderful gift. This is a lovely picture -- both the setting and the people. Your happiness sparkles more than the water!
September 7th, 2010  
Hi Louise, I would love to see the photo you took of the doxie! Here's my email. skt@virginia.edu
Thanks so much!
September 7th, 2010  
Great shot of you two and the beach! I'm sure you wore contrast color shirts just to make the colors pop!
September 7th, 2010  
So nice too hear of your lasting friendship , extending to your children. this is a lovely photo of you both looking so happy.
September 7th, 2010  
Beautiful beach, beautiful friends, enjoy the rest of their stay.
September 7th, 2010  
aww.. your wonderful smiles reflects your wonderful friendship :)
September 7th, 2010  
sorry Louise, I didn't realize there was a Crescent Beach, only heard of Crystal Crescent, so here is the story on the nude beach that you were not at :) http://www.halifaxnights.com/2007/07/halifax-nude-beach-crystal-crescent.html
September 7th, 2010  
Just dropping in real quick. while on vacation this time here in Florida most time is spent outdoors..driving to different places..sightseeing...shopping...going to the beaches...so very little time spent inside the hotel. internet stinks here. 15 minutes free in a small room with 5 computers..always lineups... I guess your wonderful time in Lunenburg is coming to an end soon. loved looking at your pictures.
September 7th, 2010  
pretty ladies at the beach. Friendship is a wonderful thing. Im so happy for you.
September 8th, 2010  
Beautiful & special! This is lovely.
September 8th, 2010  
hi sisters!! (:
i love this shot louise, and even more i love the story of your friendship. what a blessing to have lifelong friends. i tell my boys that to have friends you have to BE a friend. and that's what you are. *big hug*
September 8th, 2010  
I like that story. Do they let you launch your car if it's on pontoons?
September 8th, 2010  
What a great story of friendship. I can only hope my own friendships stand that test of time!
September 8th, 2010  
How wonderful that you are now in such close proximity with each other again! You both look terrific here!
September 8th, 2010  
We both have friends we have known for much of our lives too but spread far and wide now although one of James good friends from when they first started school was already living here when we first got to Cambodia. It is the first time since school we all have lived in the same city for any length of time despite remaining in close contact for the last 20 years since B left school to join the army. He works for the UN now and has a wife and family. We were all here in Phnom Penh for a year before they moved on to Italy- where of course we had to go and see them last Christmas!
September 9th, 2010  
What a wonderful friendship story and photo!! ;-)
September 10th, 2010  
what a great photo and a great story of friendship! I still can't believe our connection -- or I should say, it makes perfect sense to me, and I think it's so awesome!
September 11th, 2010  
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