Laughter lines and friendship

‘True friends are a sure refuge’. Aristotle

This weekend I caught up with three really good friends from my college days. We try to do this once a year and have been doing so now for several years, ever since we tracked down the missing house-mate via the internet! It’s usually a very ‘girlie weekend’ where we simply relinquish the domestic chores (responsibly of course!), lose track of time, chill out, eat well, put the world to rights over a glass of wine and laugh lots! For me, there’s something about true friendship that grows richer and richer as the years move on and the laughter lines become more defined …