I am writing this on Thursday evening, May 1st, even though Friday Fave Fives is usually written and posted on...Friday. I will post this as soon as I wake up in the morning. Anyway, here are my Five Faves, my Blessings, from this past week.
1. We had a wonderful visit with Chaplain Dan and Jeffie and PAL. It was not easy to say goodbye and know that we wont' be with them again for several months. We treasure every moment with them. Driving out of Phoenix, we stopped to have breakfast with another couple who we were close friends with during our years of living in Oregon. Our daughters were close friends, too. They now are retired and living in Arizona. It was great catching up with them. And then we were on our way.
2. As we were driving through Oklahoma, we stopped and met up with a friend we knew in our church in California. She moved back to Oklahoma when her husband was diagnosed with terminal cancer. Now she is remarried after he passed away and we were able to meet her new husband. We had a delightful time renewing our friendship over lunch in a classic Route 66 cafe. I loved how she described us as life-time friends. (We talked so much that we totally forgot to take any photos!)
3. We arrived home safely. That is a huge fave because driving all those thousands of miles from Ohio to Arizona and back again is not for the faint of heart.
4. The next day, we picked up the grandboys from school and enjoyed their reactions of 'well, yeah, maybe we missed you a little bit' and 'yeah, we are glad you're home again'. They came over to our house and Tall Boy mowed the lawn (long over due since we were gone more than two weeks), and his mom showed up with special ice cream treats for us all. I love living near our girls and grandkids.
5. And after less than forty-eight hours at home, we drove about an hour and a half to attend a health conference we had bought tickets for over a year ago. I am thankful for this opportunity to attend sessions with some very wise and experienced doctors and clinicians.
A busy weekend again... I'll do my best to read and comment And after this weekend, life should calm down for a bit. I promise :)
PS: Will I ever get my photos onto my computer??
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...here's to a Merry Month of May.
Welcome home cross country travelers. We will be driving across the state to the Westside soon to see our 'Coast Kids' and our niece and grandniece who will be in town from California to go to a Master's Chorale concert that our grandnephew is singing in. Whew! What a sentence. Takes us back to those 'singing group' days.
I’m thankful your trip was full of the joy of family and friends. I hope you learn a lot of good info at the conference. Mary
That’s quite a driving trip - but much preferred than flying. Sounds like a wonderful visit with friends.
WOW that's a long ways to drive. I'm actually getting nervous about flying to NM in a couple of weeks. In today's climate so to speak. NEVER used to be fearful of flying...not even to Europe!
Glad you are home and safe and enjoying time with the daughters and the grands. I look forward to your photos.
That is a long drive, but it sounds like you had a nice time. Good that you have your family close by and they were happy to have you home. Enjoy a relaxing weekend!
That's quite a lovely visit with your son and grandkids, though surely not long enough. Oh, the places you've gone -- seems like a good bit of the country! I like "life-time" for long friendships, too.
Sounds like a wonderful trip! I'm glad you were safe all through. Lifetime friends are wonderful to have.
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Lots of time on the road! Wonderful to meet and catch up with friends. What a blessing that is. And praises for safe travel.
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