We also got to finally see our friends Jenny and Ryan, who were also close high school and college friends and live in the area- so great to see what they're up to!
Finally, my friend Julianna was out here- she was my college roommate for several years. We went out to dinner in Alexandria:
After seeing all these great friends, and seeing what they've become (just in this group alone, they are science teachers, FBI agents, physician assistants... my friends are pretty amazing), I thought my reflection today would be about from Dar Williams' lyrics, My Friends (highlighting is for my favorite lines):
He's a quiet man, that's all she said
And he's a thoughtful man
It's just he likes to keep his thoughts up in his head
And we finally meet, and she tries to draw him out a bit
She says, He's writing something,
Hey now, why don't you talk about it?
And he doesn't make a sound
He's just staring at his coffee
And I know there's all this beauty
And this greatness she'll defend
But I think it's in my friend.
I have a friend in a bright and distant town
She's found a common balance
Where you do your work, and you do your love
And they pay you, and praise your many talents
Well I'm passing through, and we know we won't sleep
She laughs, puts up the tea
She says, You know I think you remember every part of me.
And the water starts to boil
And if I had a camera
Showing all the light we give
And showing where the light extends
I'd give it to my friends.
Sometimes I see myself fine, sometimes I need a witness
And I like the whole truth
But there are nights I only need forgiveness.
Sometimes they say I don't know who you are
But let me walk with you some.
And I say I am alone, that's all
You can't save me from all the wrong I've done.
But they're waiting just the same
With their flashlights and their semaphores
And I'll act like I have faith and like that faith never ends
But I really just have friends.
A video of Dar singing the song (singing starts at about 2:00min):
