[chelsea24]

Met four other girls in kindergarden and literally became best friends from day one. Went through grade school with them and high school and am still close with them now although we are scattered all over the country. Going to see one of them in Vegas in a couple of weeks. So that's the background. You can imagine in all of those years, we did many crazy things. Elyse, Maria, Kathy, Sandy and me!

Early on we would emulate movies or movie stars. I would be Katharine Hepburn and maybe Elyse would be Rita Hayworth, or Kathy would be Doris Day, etc. So we'd stay in character, even in classes. Drove everyone nuts! This was a grade school thing. Also if we loved a movie, that's what we were. Like the Nun's Story. We were all Nun's for quite some time with towels on our heads. Bell, Book and Candle was another favorite. We were all witches. That lasted a really long time. And I can't remember what movie prompted it but our teachers nicknamed us "The Gun Girls" we carried cap pistols. (Confiscated many times.)

Even in freshman High School, we decided to be The Beatles for a while. Elyse was George, Maria was Ringo, Kathy was John and I was Paul. Sandy didn't participate because she was too busy getting pregnant! Hal-lo!

So these friendships are over 50 years and we've been through it all together.
From cutting out of lunch in grade school to swing upside down from the bars in the bathroom stalls to the Halloween egging of cars (police pulled us in and called our parents.) I was driving, Maria was shotgun, sneaking each other out of the windows of our houses to go into the city to Rush Street. All the way through marriages, divorces, pregnancies, more marriages, more divorces. (Elyse is attempting her 5th marriage!)

These wonderful girls and I just clicked from day one. Just like Nonie, Barefoot and I. And the adventures will continue with my new friends, I hope, because there's one thing I know for sure. I don't ever want to be an adult. :joke: