My BFF Maureen

Maureen and I have been friends for about 25 years, since the Bay Area days when we lived in the same neighborhood on Barbara Drive, three doors from each other and our husbands (who have moved to their eternal neighborhood) were best friends too.

This picture is of us at IHOP for a late breakfast, our standing date is Tuesday at 11 but if neither of us is "quite right" we change it, usually on a whim. Since we have been through a lot of the ups and downs of life and know each others business and some secrets, we are close and glad to be living only about 7 minutes apart.

We make the rounds of downtown Lincoln and since Maureen is a top communicator, the proprietors and various characters know us, like Debbie at the Bookseller, Kathy at The Wardrobe, Raj at the Smoke Shop, the bartenders at Gillian's, the UPS store and many others.

It is a great surprise when you think goodbyes have been said and doors closed, only to have them re-open at a later date and you pick up right where you left off and get to continue to enhance life because of it.

Cheers to having good friends who know you!

Diana