No Friends Like Old Friends...

While visiting Lancaster, my oldest and dearest friend Beth and I got together with our kids for Happy Meals and a play date. Beth's oldest son Myles is only a few months younger than Riley. Beth and her family live in Harrisburg and we use to try to get the boys together whenever we could. Now that we live in Jax, it's much more difficult for them to see each other. Beth and I have stayed close since elementary school. Beth and I met at Toddler Gym at my church as preschoolers. Once we were in elementary school, we go to know each other much better. We use to go on family vacations together - I'd go with her to Wildwood, NJ with her family and she'd come to Virginia Beach with mine. We would go to church camp at Camp Hebron together as well as hockey camp each summer. Beth and I both played field hockey and ran track and we would train off season at the track every summer. She'd push me on the distance running and I'd push her on the sprints. We haven't lived in the same town since high school, but managed to stay close all this time. We noticed that the boys are following in our footsteps. They seemed to pick up right where they left off the last time they saw each other - which was Riley's birthday party in April. The two have even talked on the phone a few times. How wonderful for us that our kids enjoy each other as much as we enjoy each other's friendship! We're hoping that Myles and Beth can come down for a visit sometime. It's so difficult to stay in touch with all our crazy schedules. But I'm thankful that I have such an awesome friend who makes great efforts to stay close. (I'm also grateful for email so we can catch up with each other during nap time!)