Brad Meltzer
Time goes much too fast and in that process we wonder the big WHO? WHAT? WHEN? We got into boating a number of years ago and practically lived at our marina in the fair weather months. Our boys literally grew up on sailboats. They could stay down below, in the roughest of seas, and play in the V-berth for hours without any motion sickness. During those years, we met a lot of wonderful boating people. One such couple was Tom and Joyce. They had a 36 foot sailboat and we had a 30 foot sailboat. We would often go out on each other's boats and when tied up at the docks, we would socialize on each other's boats. We stayed in boating for approximately 13 years. But time marched on, all our kids grew older and life got in the way of our friendship, or so it seems. Some way, some how we seemed to drift further and further apart.
I think one of the last times we saw them was right after the wedding of our oldest son, about 14 years ago. Tom and Joyce were much older than us and so they retired and moved down to Florida. We communicated through our once-a-year Christmas cards, and even though we kept giving our phone numbers and about getting together, it never seemed to happen.
Then much to my surprise I received a call in early January from Joyce. OMG, what a surprise! We decided right then and there to make a date and location to meet for lunch. Needless to say, today was that day.
Next thing we knew it was time for us to leave, but we promised that we would get together with each other next winter when we come back down to Florida.
we'll have to meet next time too!
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