:(

I admit it, I'm a little down today. I found out one of my very best friends, who already has moved away from us to Washington state several years ago, will be moving to Hawaii. While I'm happy for her family to have this adventure, visiting her in Washington was already hard enough, and now I fear I will never be able to visit her again. Her kids and mine were very close in age, and I love her with all my heart, even though most of our contact is electronic these days. When we see each other, it's as if we've never been apart.

They moved around the same time that three other families I loved relocated. While I still have good friends here in Fresno, I miss my friends a ton. It seems to be a habit that God has, to relocate families I love. I know it "forces" me to broaden my circle and find new people to become friends with. Yet it's hard for me too...I should have been born in an earlier century, when people stayed close and seldom relocated. I like having people I love close about me. Since I don't have any family in this area, my friends' families are my surrogates.

I'm holding out hope. Maybe my friends won't move to Hawaii...maybe it's a joke! If not, though, I wish them well.