This year my college class is celebrated our 15th reunion year. Yikes.

I know it sounds strange that I’d actually celebrate my college reunion. Typically, people celebrate their high school reunions. I went to Simmons College in Boston MA. Simmons College is a women’s college in Boston’s Back Bay.

I developed such great relationships at my school. Perhaps it was because there was more opportunity to really meet other women and develop friendships because we didn’t have the constant distraction of boys around us. I don’t know. But I know that I wasn’t alone. So many other women in the years ahead of us and the years behind us shared that same unique bonding experience.

We love going back for reunion and reconnecting with everyone. We usually go back and stay at the dorms, eat at Bartol Hall (cafeteria) and hang out for late night chats like we did back in college. There’s a special bond that we all share and such a comfortable relationship that doesn’t take much to nurture. Most of us don’t communicate much in the interim, but when we go back for reunion year, it’s like no time had passed.

My college roommate and I went back (we lived together 3 of the 4 years in college!) and we shared the same dorm room. We could have had our own rooms, but why fight it, it was fun sharing a room again. We talked until late at night, laughed and shared stories, and met up with our friends for drinks and coffees.

I’m so glad I went to a women’s college. I’m so lucky to have met so many wonderful women who are still a part of my life today. Women who will continue to be a part of my life for many years into the future.