More than a decade

 Apple, Jan

Debs, me, Zara

 Apple works for a huge finance company and is often out of the country in the last two years

Debs works in a BPO, and now works off-site most of the time

Jan has moved  from one industry to another in the last five years (or I really don't know where she works right now)

Zara works for the same company where Apple works

 the bride-to-be (certainly not me) is contemplating, while I look at the gelato parlor next door

Jan is one of the bestest friends that I have

Growing up and growing old are two different things that we face every single day we live. Life throws you all kinds of things - the good, the bad, the sweet, the sour. And with all the chaos that people and things cause us, it's always good to have friends who will joke around with you, talk to you, get drunk with you, travel with you, IM/message you in the middle of the night, laugh with you, and cry and be scared with you if needed. I'm grateful for I have friends who you can trust with who you are and who will not judge you but will jokingly judge your choices in life. Through all the hardships and the triumphs in the last 10 years, we were always there for each other.