About five years ago I had lunch with someone I had not seen or connected with in over forty years. We went to high school together in Washington DC. It was an all-girls school and we shared the same circle of friends. We also dated a lot of the same boys, which was a source of laughter to us at lunch. Even back then it didn't create problems for us. I guess we were already into recycling and didn't know it!

I was excited as I drove to meet her, wondering what the Divine had in store for us. A reunion neither of us attended a year ago brought me into contact with several from that circle formed so many years ago. On the drive I am sweetly curious about why she is the one I am actually going to spend time with. Why has Life arranged this? An adventure begins!

My heart leaps with joy when I see her and we hug and look into one another's eyes. Memories rise as well as does the realization that I know nothing about this woman before me. What do you talk about after forty years? We...