Blue Frosting, continued.

 The year Connie and I started eighth grade the school system under went major changes.  The one room schools closed and all students rode busses to McCall or Donnelly (nearby towns) where we joined other students.  Roseberry School became a Junior High school with about thirty students in the two grades.  At this school we made new friends and our friendship started to fade.  We still rode the bus together and spent time together during the summer. 

 Our high school years saw us move farther apart, Connie with her new friends and me with mine.  I remained active in band and joined other clubs sponsored by the school.  Sometime during our Sophomore year Connie quit high school and was soon married.  She now lived in Council, Idaho.

I heard about her through mutual friends and our paths crossed occasionally at the local grocery store.  Over the next few years, Mrs. Thompson was treated for breast cancer and Connie’s brother, James left home and maybe lived in a group home. 

I graduated from high school, attended beauty college and was married, living in Utah and had children of my own, the next time I heard anything about Connie.  My husbands parents had retired and moved to Council.  Connie called their home and left a message asking that I call her the next time we came for a visit.  

I returned her call and we had a short phone conversation, and set a time for her to come to my in-laws house so we could continue our visit. I was a bit nervous, wondering if we would have anything to talk about after all the years that had passed. The day arrived but Connie didn’t.  I thought I might get a phone call, but I never heard from her again.  Maybe she too was nervous, her thoughts like mine decided that too much time had passed or maybe one of her children got sick, I don’t know, so many things could have happened and now forty years later I will always wonder. But I will never forget the good times I spent at her home and that delicious chocolate cake, covered in blue frosting.