Friends for a Lifetime

I've been spending the weekend with my friends that I met at camp in the summer of 1998. We only spent two and a half months together, but we became friends for a lifetime. Everytime we see each other, it's as if time has never separated us.

Biz is a woman with a tender heart. Her puppy eyes make it hard to ever tell her no. She and her husband manage a Christian camp in Alabama. While we were staying at the camp with her this weekend, she found a baby bunny and wanted to keep it. As we were purchasing food for it, Amber asked her if she really thought that it was a good idea to keep a wild rabbit.

Enter Amber...she lives in the sticks of Florida with her husband and two children. Although she is the youngest of the group, she usually is the leader. She has a funny way of expressing herself. As Biz was debating on whether or not to keep the bunny, Amber was getting anxious to go get some dinner. She said, "Biz is off chasing rabbits and it's time to go." So, Amber tried to convince Biz to buy a tame rabbit from the pet store instead. Gin suggested that we buy her a new bunny.

Enter Gin...she is the reserved one of the bunch who sits back and adds witty comments or bits of encouragement every now and then. She and her husband are yuppy Texans. After we decided that we didn't have any time to get a new bunny while we were here, Gin promised that she would send Biz a bunny. Biz said, "You can't ship a bunny!"

In the end, Biz did the right thing and let the bunny go free. Tomorrow, we will all go back to our different worlds until we meet together again...