Are you still friends with any of your childhood friends?

We moved around a lot when I was a kid because Dad was an oilfield worker and transfers/promotions/reassignments happened about every 3 years.

1st and start of 2nd grade - McComb
Remainder of 2nd grade to mid-fall of 5th grade - Natchez
Remainder of 5th grade to Christmas of 7th grade - Waynesboro

It was here, that Dad put his foot down and explained that we all needed to be nearer family until we graduated from HS. So second half of 7th grade to Spring the year after I graduated HS - Houma. They would go on to live in Lafayette, San Antonio, and then back to Houma.

I made friends, and I do have some contact with folks as far back as Waynesboro. I have tried to find folks from Natchez, but that seems nearly impossible.

I met my best friend in 8th grade and he and I still remain very much in contact regardless of the physical distance. We shared a lot of the same experiences from a family/geography point of view and connected almost instantly as you would a brother. I consider him my brother.

As an adult, I go through periods where I have friends close by and go through other periods, like now, where I don't. I have moved a fair amount myself, so I can certainly understand the ebb and flow of such things.