I hate that the reason I have spent so much time with my friends the past few days is because one of us has passed away.  I have had a chance to spend time with some of my oldest friends and to catch up with the ones that I’ve lost touch with in recent years.  We had planned a Christmas party at my house this last Saturday, with a nice dinner and a gift exchange.  Instead, we compromised and ordered pizza while we went through albums of photos for Natasha’s slideshow.  My friends stayed with me and scanned image after image, some even stayed until the early morning helping me put it all together.

I love my friends and plan to spend more time with them.  The circumstances are horrible, but the fact that we get to be together makes it a little sweeter.