old friends

i heard something very sad this morning...my sister called and told me a friend from my youth had died...it's really sad to think of that...he had a pretty rough life due to drugs and alcohol..it makes me so sad because i remember him when we were kids...we were friends all through elementary school...we had a big group..4 or 5 girls, 5 or 6 boys that would play and hang out..as we got older we got crushes..he was one of the cutest boys on the street. we had such fun...we would skate board, play basketball, when we got older the boys all had little motorcycles, we would run the streets in the summer, playing kick the can..it was such a care free life and so much fun...in the winter a neighbor would hook this huge long board to his truck, sort of like a sled and pull us around the streets before they were plowed...at church the boys all played basketball or softball and we would have these great hot scone parties...it was so much fun...so we have to remember the good times and hope that now he can really rest in peace...