So yes, I have been a slacker. Going to Missouri, and then having friends come visit and stay with us, as well as saying good bye to other friends as their life takes them elsewhere :-( it's been pretty packed. I finally feel like I can breathe a little bit!
Missouri was good. It was nice to see Rick's family. I enjoyed every second of it, even though it was so difficult at the same time. I dislike pain, and I dislike grief, but a phrase I've always held on to is "Pain gives more than it takes" -- sometimes that's hard to grasp, but it's so true.
Last week Daniel came to visit, and I helped my friends Sara and Sean begin to pack for their move to Oregon (they leave today) and we went to birthday parties and a goodbye party for our friend Lexee.
As for this week... I've been writing a story for the local newspaper (deadline was today - thank goodness, I had forgotten how stressful it can be), and we went to a goodbye party for Sara and Sean and I almost cried a lot when I had to say goodbye for real... but I hugged them and left fast so they wouldn't see. Also, one of the highlights of my week, I must say was lunch with beautiful Jodi -- a friend of mine who i met on my wedding day, she helped Sara Warren fix the girls' hair. Oh and mainly so I can mention Damaris, Jodi mentioned at lunch that she loved my bridesmaids... and laughed when she talked about how funny and joyful my good friend Damaris is. I agreed with her, that girl Damaris, she loves the Lord.
Oh yes, and the basil is so big now (and so is my parsley!) I have a photo, but i'm too lazy to upload it to my mac right now. But I will update soon, I know you are on the edge of your seats!
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| me and maddie with our feet in the mississippi, but you can't even see our feet. |
Last week Daniel came to visit, and I helped my friends Sara and Sean begin to pack for their move to Oregon (they leave today) and we went to birthday parties and a goodbye party for our friend Lexee.
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| Lexee's goodbye party! It was a surprise... she thought she was coming over to help our friend Jodi with a washing machine flood. Needless to say, she was very surprised to find a flood of friends, rather than water. |
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| a few of the surprise 'flood' of friends. they are hiding... |
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| Jodi fixing Naomi's hair for the wedding. |
Oh yes, and the basil is so big now (and so is my parsley!) I have a photo, but i'm too lazy to upload it to my mac right now. But I will update soon, I know you are on the edge of your seats!
