A mommy post.
We were inseparable in high school. Like, would have seriously considered hip-attachment surgery had it been on the menu back in 199...well, a few years ago.
In any case, this incredibly special humanoid hosted my two little hamhochs and I for a few days at her beautiful home in Comox. Yes, it was gorgeous. Yes, the weather was stunning and sparkly. Yes, the kids got along (save for a pair of deliberate truck-to-the-head incidents). But the real treat was reconnecting with someone whom I have missed. Post-secondary education put a rather inconvenient body of water between us preventing regular sleepovers and tandem bike rides. (Yes, we had a tandem, but that's another story.)
Allow me to return to my point...
My life perspective and experience has been so heavily influenced by her since our attachment waaaaaaay back in grade nine. Over the years, we have had our phone chats and have stolen an hour or two here or there to catch up and it is always as if no time has passed. We are seventeen again...ish. This visit was long, long overdue and I am so thrilled we made it happen. Even though it sometimes took us 4 hours to finish a short story due to the frequent and immediate needs of 4 kids under 5 (the constant prep/cook/cleanup/general maintenance required to keep the 24 hour food trough running & the troops entertained), we managed to have some good seshes.
Life is such a wonderful and beautiful gift. I suppose the wisdom? that's definitely the wrong word...perhaps it is in the act of experiencing more of life, that it seems almost glaring to me, that life is also so short.
So, invite yourself and your two free-range children over to an old friend's house for a visit, create some time for some special peeps in your life. And then give them a size large hug and tell them you love them.
Hearts and glitter with a side of sand.
For Carlene, love Melissa
PS Thank you to Felix for permitting me to guest post on his blog. Here are a few snaps from our adventures
Impromptu Rath Trevor stop...
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