Saturday night my husband and I had some friends over that we hadn't seen since February of 1999. That would be the year he, and our friend J, graduated from physical therapy school. We moved away -- far away -- not long after graduation, and life moved on.
Recently this family moved closer to where we live, and this weekend was the first time we all had a free night to get together. And what a blessing it was!
We caught each other up on the last ten years, and we laughed at how things have changed. During PT school, we had the little ones. Now our friends have four young children, and they are all so precious.
It felt so good to look across the table at friends who we've shared such sweet memories with. When we knew them ten years ago, our lives were very different. I was a young mother, learning how to be a godly wife (and making many mistakes, I might add). K started a small Bible study, and I remember how much I soaked that time up with her and the two other women involved.
J was a strong godly man that my husband admired and learned from. He was a friend and someone my husband could trust, and it meant more than J probably realized back then.
Neither of them have changed very much all this time. They are both still full of smiles and words of encouragement, and we are looking forward to spending more time with them over dinner and coffee again very soon.
Originally posted October 2008 @ Mom in Transition
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