the value of friendship

Now, I know that I vowed at the beginning of this finals period to *not* hang out with friends outside of study group friends and a study atmosphere. But every once in awhile in life, you have to break the rules that define your life, and so when L emailed to say, hey, we hadn't been to lunch in awhile, I decided to take her up on it as a study break. We all need those, right?

L is one of those friends of mine that despite seeing each other a couple times a month, we never quite seem to be caught up. Part of that is that we've known each other since preschool, and not having spent the entirety of our lives together we are constantly sharing what happened between Davis Parent Nursery School days and... the present. We talk about shared experiences ("do you remember when...?"), shared friendships ("so what are they doing now?"), shared ideologies and of course, our lives these days. And despite having not only lunch together but coffee right afterwards, we never, ever catch up. And perhaps that's a good thing, because it means the next time we talk we'll still have things to talk about. We'll always have things to talk about. And that's truly valuable, in this life where most things go by way too fast.