Sweet Caroline
I received a birthday card from my dear friend Caroline, who notes that we’ve known each other for twenty years now. Wow. Yes, since kindergarten in Daly City. (I wish I had pictures with me to scan in, but let’s all save ourselves some dignity. Oh, who am I kidding; we were cute little tykes.) We attended different middle schools, and then coincidentally reunited a couple of years later at the same high school in San Francisco. It was heartening to see a friendly face that first day, when as a wide-eyed freshman making a transition from public to private school, I had thought I wouldn’t know a soul. Those high school years were some good times.
We both have May birthdays; hers is a few days before mine. Happy birthday to you too, girl.