"Make new friends, but keep the old.....the one is silver, the other gold! Should I call us the golden girls? It was a great evening when ten college friends who graduated from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro in 1971 met March 27th at Sara Hill's home in Greensboro. Many of us had "misplaced" each other for many almost 40 years-I had not seen Virginia (Ginny) and Terri since graduation and the others since a reunion in 1981. Over the years paths crossed on soccer fields with Ivey and Lee, Betty was great staying connected through emails and my roommate Sarah regaled us with a wonderful online journal in 2006 when she and husband Roy took a cross country motorcycle trip. Susan had been busy with a career and family-now enjoying retirement- and Beverly, who married while in college, is still supervising many at work and at home-she took the prize with 13 grandkids! Christmas card photos and emails put time in perspective for many of us over the years but nothing can compare to actually spending time together. Although everyone's story was important I enjoyed confirming Lee's singing talent (she and daughter Lauren had won second place in a national contest hosted by Garrison Keiller), Betty's math acumen (she has a PHD in math and a "force" in the Mathematical Association of America) and then there is Ginny (Virginia Wright-Frierson) an amazing artist and author (who created a mural in the remodeled Columbine High School- www.hopecolumbine.org/pictures.html and www.acolumbinesite.com/remodel.html) Brief and lengthy histories helped recall so many memories not the least of which were stories shared about our good friend Bettye Rose who had passed away in late 2009. As we listened to the soundtrack of "Hair" and drank wine from glasses instead of plastic cups, I was back on campus in Cone dormitory-it seemed our last conversation was just yesterday- you are golden, girls!
