How about the time....................

“Reading is essential for those who seek to rise above the ordinary.”

~ Jim Rohn

A 15 hour road trip.

That's what my day was yesterday.

I left the house at 8 and drove to my frat brother's house in Dresher PA.

We were met there by another fraternity brother and then proceeded to drive to Olney MD. to visit with the 4th member of what had been dubbed The Fearsome Foursome some 46 years ago.

Tom Scott and I have seen occasionally seen each other and communicated with each other over the years since our days at TSC way back when.

It's been 43 years since I had seen Rich.

Nevertheless, the reunion was as if we had not missed a beat.

We spent the entire afternoon retelling stories, each one starting with "remember the time"....or "how about when...." or "do you remember......." and a few "what ever happened to's..........."

We laughed.

We laughed some more.

And then some more.

In a word, the day was joyful.

Faces lit up as we recounted tales, tossed out names and brought up stories of a time in the distant past.

Rich said on a number of occasions"OMG....I don't remember that...was I in a coma?"

Cracked me up!

There was no pretense.

There was no upmanship.

As the adage states,there was no brag....just fact.

Names, faces, and events came rushing back.

Smiles were in abundance the entire afternoon.

As evening approached, it was obvious that we had a long ride home and our host probably needed to get some rest.

Before heading out, we made our way outside to get a photo to have a remembrance of this long overdue reunion.

We said our good-byes (for now) and the 3 of us headed back home,continuing the conversations we had been involved in all day.

As midnight approached I found myself alone on the New Jersey Turnpike , still smiling at the events of the day and knowing that there was now a new tale that goes"how about the time we took that roadtrip to visit Tom............"

Shabbat Shalom!

Hail Sinfonia!