It didn’t all happen in that order. Also note that it’s Sarah with an “H” as in my friend from church who moved to Denver 2 yrs ago (has it really been that long?!!!). There’s a big gap in my friendship network when Sarah left Seattle. It got bigger this year when Annie left. Sigh.
On an aside, both these friends have moved away for different reasons, one to Denver and the other to San Diego. Climate, closeness to family, kid issues, work/life balance, etc. Having just returned from my second trip to Maui, I’ve been pondering why I like living in Seattle. I can’t shake the conviction that this is my home. This place has deep roots in my soul and I would be very sad to ever leave. Even in this “tween” season where spring didn’t begin till this week and summer will tarry till July 4th, I’m feel lucky to live here. …I hadn’t meant to babble on.
But the cool thing about today is I got to see my good friend again for 4 hrs! It was nice to talk about life changes and show off the kids. Laura was just a “peanut” (her words, not mine) when Sarah was last in Seattle. I need to start looking for an excuse to visit Denver so I can see her kidlets. That’s the cool thing about friends…they never go away (even when they move away). It’s always hard to have conversations with kids. They have a sixth sense about things and know that’s time to go crazy. Even though I’d spent the morning playing with them, they seemed a little needs this afternoon.
We resurrected swimming. Sara had a blast. She brought her baby foal to “teach him how to swim”. Maybe she’ll be more mentally ready for swim lessons this summer. Laura recognized the pool at once and kept whining at the door to go out even though we weren’t all clothed yet. I shook out sand from the arm floaties left over from Maui.
It was a nice day. I’m looking back through all the posts and realizing how busy April has been. I’ll probably back post when I have more time (got to share our neat Hawaii pics).