the beginning of the rest of our lives.

I have this over bearing sense that these letters are simply not just statements of friendships up to this point--though they have so many years of history written on them--but they are beginnings; only just beginnings of frienships more significant than the comprehendible scale.  these letters display only but a small fraction of the grand sceme of it all.  they mark the first day of the rest of our lives.  the beginning of 18th birthdays, of cap and gowns, of packing boxes, of bridesmaids, of tears, of pure joys, of everything this crazy life holds in store for each of us.