Countdown to Qatar: Letting Go of Friends
Saying "See You Later" to Kenn Ann I am actually very good at maintaining links to old friends. Facebook has certainly made that easier. I always seem to have one good friend during each stage of my life or for each locale. One of my oldest friends, Kenn Ann, visited this past week-end. She was my best friend during my years in high school and college. We've been friends ever since. We spent several hours talking about that period of our lives, as we have in the past, and still discovered new things about our relationship. I have always said, and she agrees, that I made her be my friend. In high school, as an immigrant from Indiana, she was not a part of the cliques with whom I moved comfortably -- whether smart kids, female jocks, or artists. (I'd been in the school system since second grade. I'm on the first row, far left, sitting cross-legged in the light colored top. My best friend, Gwen, is sitting next to me. Suzanne Magee,