It's been an emotional week

Over the weekend, I learned that a friend from high school lost his mom.  It had happened quickly, and in some regards that was a blessing.  I have wonderful memories of this woman.  She was always so full of life, and ALWAYS had a smile on her face.  I literally do NOT have a memory of her where she isn't smiling.  I immediately began to be in contact with other friends, and several of us decided to attend the visitation together.  This is where the emotions began to flow (in addition to the obvious ones because of the death).  This group of friends was inseparable through high school and college...in other words during the most angst ridden and hormonal part of a person's life.  There were so many good times, but there were also plenty of hurt feelings and poor decisions made by all of us back then.  We all came together though, and for the most part put it all aside to be there for our friend.  I personally hadn't seen or spoken to many of them in over a decade, but there were lots of hugs and smiles to be shared this week.  Of course as the time wore on a mention was made of the hurt feelings, and it was apparent not everyone had completely worked through it all or forgiven a perceived wrong.  Last night as the last out-of-town guest pulled out of the driveway (I miss her already!) I realized that I was drained and exhausted.  Reliving high school was not my plan for the week, but it was nice to see that most of us had grown and were happy.