Brenda, you are one of only a handful that we actually went through school from kindergarten to 12th grade. We have shared lives together when there was nothing but innocence, we have shared every birthday from 6 to 18, we have laughed together, we have cried together, we have gone steady in elementary school, we held hands, and thought we were cool, we went on double dates on Friday night with different people then went on a date on Saturday night together. We were friends when life started changing from innocence to life itself. I will say we have stayed friends for over 5 decades, no time span between phone calls or hugs, when we would go months of not talking when we talked it was like it was just yesterday. I am sharing this because I am celebrating your life, I am honored to be your forever friend, I am not saying goodbye, but Bren, I will see you again! and as we ended each conversation, love and hugs, till next time!