TOGETHER AGAIN (October 1-6, 2018)

The Dicers, the Smiths, the Moores, the Halls, the Solomons, the Rosses

Nottingham Villa

The Wyndham Resort at Fairfield Glade, Tennessee was the site of this year's "Friends Retreat".  Six couples met for five days of coming together and enjoying our sameness and our differences.  Five days of sharing life.  Six guys met six gals in the late 1960s while attending Olivet Nazarene University in Illinois.  Twelve individuals became six couples.  Those six couples will all celebrate their 50th wedding anniversaries in the near future.

This was our second "Old Timers" get together and "the Glade" served as a great host.

They were days filled with lots of memories, golf, hikes, and lots of foods.  They were days of remembering and days of reflections.

REFLECTIONS

Fred Hall, Keith Ross, Alan Dicer, Bryan Solomon, Ken Moore, and Eugene Smith

A lot of water has passed under the bridge in the past 50 plus years but none of it has dampened our friendships and our relationships.  Six couples still married in a day when marriage has lost its "til death do us part" component.  Six couples who have refused to allow miles or differences to divide their connection.  We concluded that we were all extremely blessed.   

I am blessed to know that every day there are those upon whom I can count; those who will be praying for me.

There have been good times and tough times in those years passed and I am sure there will be more of both in the years to come.  We have scheduled a repeat visit to "The Glade" next October.  I am praying that the number will still be twelve.

I hope that you have these long standing friendships in your lives.  If you do, don't take them for granted.  Find a way to get together, to connect, to enjoy the memories and treasure the moment.

Even old folks can be silly!