More Farewells to Friends

These past few weeks have been rather hard for me. Literally, the next 6dys will be spent going to "going away parties". My 2 best friends have moved, another good friend is preparing to depart for missions as well, and then 3 other friends whom I've come to know the past 4yrs are all moving to places across the USA. I am such a relational person, that this is never easy for me. I make friends, and then I watch them go -- while I stay.

My other best friend, Katie left today with her husband to continue their YWAM training in Washington. She is 7mo. pregnant, and I as I sat drinking coffee with her laughing about elementary and Jr. High stories, I realized that I won't be there when the baby is born, I won't be there when she celebrates her 27th another few years will go by before we probably will see each other again. However, we always are able to pick up where we left off -- thanks to email and phone! Unlike, Carolyn, Katie and I have pretty much been friends since the womb. We grew up together and went to school together, and believe it or not, both did missions in Europe during the same time, so we saw each other more in travel than at home! We then went to separate ends of the country for a few years, and then re-united for her wedding here last December. It's only been in the last year that we got spoiled because they came to work at the YWAM base here. So, as I am sentimental this few weeks I realize that time keeps moving on and friends come and go in location, but it's made me realize that those friendships are the ones that surpass distance. There are just days that it's hard for me to realize that it's time (once again), to go out and mingle and make some new girl friends here -- again.