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A blast from the past

Today I met with a friend who was at university with me back in the late 60's.  We hadn't seen each other for about twenty years and if we had not seen our photos on Facebook we might not have recognised each other. She had her husband with her.  We spent a happy time reminiscing but more than that speaking about our lives today. I have another friend who went to school with me.  I see her about twice or three times a year.  We usually have lunch together. It is God who places people in our lives and for a purpose.  Often we don't know what that purpose is.  I have other friends who live in my village who went to school with me but I hardly ever see them.  I used to go to school reunions but couldn't help feeling that the really interesting people were too busy getting on with their lives to come! For instance a boy in our class went off to Hawaii to study marine biology.  I looked him up on the internet and he's still there.  I don't think he will come to a school reunion anytime soon.

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