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Remembering a different fall.

September 29, 2016 By Talya Tate Boerner

Just like that, the sticky scratchy summer blanket of heat has been lifted away for a while. And I’m remembering fall.

A different fall.

I am magically transported to a certain time when I lived with my friends on the surface of life, and each day began with a what-will-we-do-today freshness. Continue Reading

The Meaning of Friendship

September 19, 2016 By Talya Tate Boerner

Yesterday was National Friendship Day, and we can’t let that go by without a mention. Last night I scribbled down a few ideas about what makes a great friend and how to nurture your friendships, but everything I wrote sounded cliche and sophomoric because, really, drilling down to a specific definition of friendship is like trying to describe a great work of art.

Friendship is more an emotion or feeling.
And feelings are difficult to describe.Continue Reading

Fifty Fabulous Years

June 15, 2012 By Talya Tate Boerner

Judy, Talya, Norma, Becky, Anita

A gaggle of giggling girls, that’s what we were.

That’s what we will always be.

Best friends our entire lives, beginning in the mid-1960s.

This year we turn 50.

Nearly 50 years of memories.

These are the girls who know me best.

My strengths, my weaknesses, my fears, my dreams.

They know my natural hair color.

Mud pies, barbie dolls, Red Rover, matchbox cars,

birthday parties, play dates, giggling,

1970s

Sleep overs, scary movies, spin-the-bottle,

basketball practice, first loves, home ec, Yellow Jackets,

lake trips, Six Flags, cheerleading, trading boyfriends,

church service, first/last cigarettes, giggling.

Double dates, driver’s tests, football games,

pizza, love notes, Mid-South fair,

study hall, Murr Theatre, Rivercrest Colts, French class, laughing.

1980s

Prom night, Boone’s Farm, ACT, graduation,

Arkansas State, reunions, laughing.

1990s

Marriage, childbirth, careers, margaritas, road trips,

aging parents, empty nest, mother of the bride,

crying, death of parents, remembering, laughing.

2012
50 years later

Still laughing,

Always laughing.

I love you girls:)))

talya

Musical Pairings:

Ladies Night, Kool and the Gang

This One’s For the Ladies, Martina McBride

We Are Family, Sister Sledge