Where were
you last night when 2014 turned into 2015? Is that where you’d wanted to be?
Last night, my two boys and I were at a
friend’s house in Alabama as 2014 turned into 2015. Actually, the friend was originally one of my
brother’s friends from high school. They have stayed close through college,
marriage, etc…My brother and his wife always visit with her and her husband and
children when they are in town from North Carolina. Because they have two boys very close in age
to my boys, we started visiting them with my brother a couple of years ago, and
now I always make sure to text her when we’re in town. They are a very gracious and fun-loving
couple, always making room for us in their home and lives for the once or twice
a year (at most) that we visit. They
even take the boys for fun outings with their family when they are visiting my
parents during the summer. It’s funny how life turns out. Unfortunately, I do
not pay visits to any of my friends from high school who still reside in my
hometown. And yes, that’s my fault because I was so far away for so
long, and I really didn’t do my part to keep in touch. Now, I attempt to keep up with my old
friends through Facebook, but that’s about all. I never imagined the people I
would come to treasure most would be my brother’s friends (and now mine too, of
course). As a young girl, I loved his
friends, and when they would come over for his birthday or we were on church
youth group trips all together, I always wanted to be around them. My brother didn’t want me around (what teenager wants
their little sister there-I am about 5 years younger, and when you are a child,
that’s a huge difference), but his friends were always kind to me. So, for New Year’s 2014, I would say there’s
no place else I wanted to be than with a friend whose known me since I was a girl and has welcomed me right back into her grown up life as if I’d
always been her friend right from the start. Thank you for your hospitality,
Morris Family! You are a blessing!
Now, it’s your turn, blog readers, where were you on the
last night of 2014 and was it where you wanted to be? J
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