Who ARE These Old Ladies??

From this…

…to this

All weekend, stolen glances at my dear friend brought moments of nonrecognition. Who is that woman? She looks so familiar. She bears some resemblance to a girl I once knew. The girl whose image I see with my mind’s kind eye whenever I think of her.

No matter how many times I look at the picture from her son’s Bar Mitzvah (!) reception, I wonder whether I will ever be able to reconcile the memories with the reality.