Myth Memory and Friendship

This blog is about the Myth that memories are just that; and that friendships that end are lost forever.

If truth be known. We are not helpless victims of what life hands us. Though our paths may go in directions we can't control, the technology that is part of our lives allows us the ability that other generations never had. We can be our own detectives and researchers. We cannot only find the pieces of our DNA scattered across continents; we can find childhood friends who seemed to vanish in the night. The darkened parts of our brain that were shut up like a safe are now susceptible to a word, or whisper that evokes an event and a time long past.

Yes, Carol. Remember the table in the cafeteria. The 6 of us always together. Eileen preparing for her wedding, Melissa who really belonged in Haight Ashbury selling beads, and Mary Ellen, who had the secret of her life and love sealed off from the rest of us. It has become so real to me at this moment. Like Rip Van Winkle or Snow White...the sleep that was the years of separation - is over. We can begin anew. Grab your coat. Grab your hat.