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We grew up together from 1st grade through high school. She lived a block away. We had all kinds of adventures - swimming, bowling, ice skating, horseback riding, bus rides downtown to the movie theater, riding our bikes everywhere, a trip to Fort Lauderdale after high school graduation.
She got married first and moved away.
Then I got married, but we still kept in touch via email and Christmas cards, and we visited each other occasionally until life got in the way, jobs and kids, different friends, different priorities.
Then maybe about 14 years ago, we started playing words with friends and sharing stories through the years about our kids and grandkids and family deaths and classmate deaths, and our various health issues and politics, and now we text each other everyday!
Last year she had an opportunity to come visit me, and we had dinner and fun conversation as if all that time had not gone by. It's an amazing feeling!