sarah is one of my friends from way back in the day. i’ve been friends w/ her since highschool. unfortunately, she lives in oregon now, and i dont get to see her much, but she totally surprised me last year when she told me that she was getting married. it’s pretty odd when someone gets married who you’ve know ever since they were very young. but i was actually very happy for her. her boyfriend steve is really cool, and i think they make a really great pair.
last sunday was the wedding. they had the ceremony in her backyard, followed by a reception at the stanford faculty club. the ceremony was really cool and touching. super jewish ceremony with a rabbi, huppa, etc.
the other really cool thing about the wedding was that it was kind of a reunion of sorts. most of the people at our table had all been friends ever since highschool. some people, like jenny payne, i haven’t seen in almost 8 years! also, i hadn’t seen allegra, who was a bridesmaid, in many years either. it was cool to catch up w/ everyone and reminisce about the olden days.
one of the things we couldn’t stop talking about was hawaii. about 9 years ago, when i was only 19, Yan, Jenny, Sarah, Sharon, and I all took a trip to Kuai and stayed on this huge ranch that sharon’s grandparents owned. it was an insane amount of fun. we were still fairly young, so to take a crazy hawaii vacation w/ no parents was a blast. looking back, that kuai trip is one of our fondest memories. it was so nice to sit there last sunday and have everyone from that trip back together again.
funnily enough, other than jenny, most of us are still really close friends. it’s really cool that the bonds of friendship can last that long. there were so many crazy times during that week in hawaii… and actually during those years in general, and it seemed impossible that any of us close friends would lose track of each other. well, looks like we really haven’t. in a world that’s constantly evolving and changing, where people move away to pursue careers and college etc, it’s nice to know that some things stay constant.
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