There’s an old song my mom used to sing to us as our Bluebird troop leader. It went something like, “Make new friends, but keep the old. Some are silver and the other gold.” Little did I know it as a ponytail-clad first grader, but that simple song with its easy rhythm is a proverb of sorts that I still adhere to today.
Throughout the years my friendships have evolved and grown, often mirroring where I’m at, at a particular moment in time. Co-workers became friends when I was fresh out of college and always up for a night out on the town. The past few years I’ve gravitated to friends with young children who I’ve met at the park or play-dates. These silver friends are new and shiny like a dime fresh off the minting press. They represent today. Some morph into long term gold friends and other drop off as paths shift in new directions.
But, then there are the gold friends–friends who’ve known me young. Friends like the ones we traveled with this holiday season who camped out in the snow for two days to score Rose Bowl tickets the last time we went (this time they were purchased online thank with a quick flash of a credit card thank you very much). My gold friends and I have seen each other through breakups, deaths, and staggering joy. They’ve become family over the years, the kind of friends I knew I can call at 2am and travel the world with. While my gold friends may be smaller in number, our friendship has aged and remained steadfast with the passing of time.
So, with the dawning of a new decade thank you to my silver and gold friends, and here’s to those of friends yet to be.
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