Remember When

This past weekend, Nick and I went to visit Matt & Renee at EWU. While we were there we got to spend sometime with his childhood friends, Grant and Gabe. For someone who moved a lot while growing up, childhood friends is a foreign concept. When Nick and Matt were in high school, Grant and Gabe moved to Spokane. Even though they only saw each other a couple times a year, nothing changed between them. Nick once told me, 

"We just pick up right where we left off."

But. How? Haven't you changed a lot? Aren't you worried they've grown in different areas? Or that you won't connect over the same things you did when you were kids? What if they don't like Star Wars anymore? What are you going to talk about? 

My questions were endless. 

During our time in Spokane, we went camping one night at Liberty Lake. At the campfire, stories from the past kept rolling between the four brothers. There would be long silences and randomly Gabe would laugh to himself and say something like "Boom my balls" and they all roared in laughter. 

I had no idea what was happening or what the heck boom my balls meant, but their laughter was contagious. 

I headed to bed a while before the guys did. My eyes were beginning to close and just before falling asleep, I heard Gabe say

remember when...

That was a very common theme this weekend. 

There are countless memories for these four and there are many more to be made. 

I am so thankful for the brotherhood of these four. Their loyalty to each other is unlike anything I've ever seen. They will truly be friends forever.