The girls

I am kind of emotional right now, as i sit down to write this. I am overwhelmingly thankful, hopefully refreshed, and somewhat sorrowful. gail and Lori came to visit this weekend. I didn't realize how much i needed time with them, how my spirit needed to be refreshed by them, how my being needed to laugh until i hurt, how i longed to listen to them and how i longed to be heard. I am sad this morning for many reasons. I know that even though that time together was much needed for everyone, it will be a long time before we have it again. That makes me sad. I am sad because even though we don't live vast distances apart, it is enough to hinder our visiting. BUT, i am overwhelmingly thankful, too. I am thankful for their love and friendship. I am thankful for their sincere hearts, their hilarious facial expressions, the sound of their laughter, their stories and their encouragement. I cannot even begin to express how thankful i am that God put those two women in my life

This weekend, we ate. We shopped. We ate. We shared. We watched The Breakup. We talked. We ate. We laughed. I cooked! We hugged. We said goodbye. It is sad how we don't often enough take a break from men and our busy lives to have deep, sincere, meaningful conversations and to nurture our relationships. We need to do that more often. . . even if it is on the phone.

Before the girl headed out, i asked TJ to take our picture. As we posed, Lori started tickling gail's knee, so then i started. We were laughing so hard, we had tears in our eyes. Luckily, TJ captured this moment. gail actually went down on her knees so we could no longer tickle them.