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In the spirit of the season
Dec. 1st, 2010 02:41 pm This is my favorite Hanukkah song, but really it is so appropriate for anytime, any holiday, any time that we gather to celebrate.
Dec. 1st, 2010
Writer's Block: You're my best friend
Dec. 1st, 2010 03:49 pm[Error: unknown template qotd]
My first best friend was Gracie Bell in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn. We wore long white nightgowns and ate bunches of green grapes on the roof of our brownstone while we watched the fireworks at Coney Island every Friday and Saturday night. Where she is now, I have no idea. We lost touch when I moved to Long Island when I was 8 and never heard from her again.
I had 2 best friends in Levittown. The first was Peter. We bonded in second grade in Mrs. Cotton's class and stayed best friends all the way through high school. He graduated in January of our senior year and went right off to college. Before he left, he made me a mix tape with a lot of our favorite songs and with him acting as the DJ. At the end of the tape, he got serious and told me how much I meant to him and how he would never forget me or our friendship. Then he played "You've Got a Friend" - the James Taylor version. Where is he now? Somewhere in Colorado, on his second marriage. I haven't heard from him in a long time and I still miss him.
My other best friend was Brenda. We became close in junior high school. She taught me about makeup, tweezing one's eyebrows, how to giggle about boys and how to be a best friend. I set her up with Neil, the man she would marry and have 2 children with. She died of breast cancer before she had a chance to reach 40. I still find myself reaching for the phone to call her sometimes.
You rarely get lucky enough to have such a great friend in your life. I've had 2.
My first best friend was Gracie Bell in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn. We wore long white nightgowns and ate bunches of green grapes on the roof of our brownstone while we watched the fireworks at Coney Island every Friday and Saturday night. Where she is now, I have no idea. We lost touch when I moved to Long Island when I was 8 and never heard from her again.
I had 2 best friends in Levittown. The first was Peter. We bonded in second grade in Mrs. Cotton's class and stayed best friends all the way through high school. He graduated in January of our senior year and went right off to college. Before he left, he made me a mix tape with a lot of our favorite songs and with him acting as the DJ. At the end of the tape, he got serious and told me how much I meant to him and how he would never forget me or our friendship. Then he played "You've Got a Friend" - the James Taylor version. Where is he now? Somewhere in Colorado, on his second marriage. I haven't heard from him in a long time and I still miss him.
My other best friend was Brenda. We became close in junior high school. She taught me about makeup, tweezing one's eyebrows, how to giggle about boys and how to be a best friend. I set her up with Neil, the man she would marry and have 2 children with. She died of breast cancer before she had a chance to reach 40. I still find myself reaching for the phone to call her sometimes.
You rarely get lucky enough to have such a great friend in your life. I've had 2.
