MY BOGGY BLOG: find your way through the murk

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Yesterday the kids and I drove an hour out to my old friend C's house
(well she's technically two months younger than me and *I'm* not old,
but you know what I mean). We became friends as juniors in high
school, were very close for several years, and lost touch when kids
came onto the scene. Now, with our 20 year high school reunion staring
us in the face, we've gotten in touch, emailed back and forth, and are
going to the reunion together (strength in numbers). We decided to try
and get together to catch up and let the kid play. It worked out
extremely well, even with our diverse group of kids!

My kids are DS (almost) 12, DD (almost) 12 and DS 8. She has four
daughters, ages (almost)13, 5,3 and 10 months. The older kids played
with the little kids, and then the older kids played some board and
card games. After lunch, we went swimming at a wonderful outdoor
wading pool with water-dumping buckets and a small water slide.

It felt really good to be there and chatting about our lives now, bits
of our colorful past, our extended families and what they're up to,
and the joys and trials of mothering. We've had some rocky times in
the past when we weren't connecting, but things felt smoothed over, a
fresh start. I still can't believe it has been 20 years since high
school!

Now that we know the kids can get along, I hope we can get together
again!