Once upon a time I went camping for the first time in my life with four great friends. Looking back, I don’t even know how or why we did it, but the stories have lived on for years to come. That summer is often referred to as the “best summer ever.” It was before we had real jobs, but we all had enough money and freedom to do essentially whatever we wanted. Just the same, at the time we stressed about life decisions, health problems and who liked who. Now, 5 years later, we’re taking the same camping trip. It’s a different place and we’ve all changed, but here’s a few of the things that I love that’s stayed the same:
- It’s the same weekend – right before my birthday and the 4th of July.
- It’s the exact same people (plus 1 – who we owe big time for constantly hearing the infamous stories from the first camping trip).
- We’ve grown and changed and moved away, but we’ve all stayed friends.
- No one was dating anyone at the time, and now we’re all married to each other (and all got to be a part of each other’s weddings).
- We’re at a turning point in our lives, not sure if this camping trip will be our last together but I think we’ll continue to be friends regardless of the next thing.