Taylor became best friends with them, and they stayed in touch all their lives.
Even though we only saw each other every summer since I was ten-years-old, I became best friends with them. Summer friends though, right? More than that; we've stayed in touch all our lives via snail mail, then email, and vacations. It must feel great to have stayed close friends for over 30 years. It really does. I hope you can meet them when they visit this summer. I'd love to; thanks.