Does this sight seem familiar? This is right across the street from my house. No I don't live on base where people move regularly. I live in a real "local" inhabited neighborhood. DH has told me I have a curse. I think he's right. Every time I become really great friends with someone it seems like they move. Now this is to be expected in the military however we aren't talking years or even a year until they move. It seems like they move within a few months of our friendship growing close.This friend is extra special because...she is local. That's right. She grew up in the area. She can tell me the best doctors, AC repairman, body shop, restaurant, ect. She is a wealth of knowledge. Oh I will miss her. To top it off, she has a little boy who loves to play with LB. The good news is that at least we were neighbors for a little while and hopefully friends for along time. I hate the moving curse almost as much as I hate moving.
It is sad to see great friends move. I always saw it as a part of military life though- something to accept. However I recently heard a comment from a church leader that surprised me, and changed how I look at our transiant community. He said he prays all the time for good families to move in, and replace the good ones who moved away. I've never thought to pray for something like that. However since he said that to me, four new families have moved in. Three with kids close to my two LG's ages and all four with great women I already love and know will be good friends. Did we get lucky, or are prayers being answered? I've been raised to believe the second is the case.
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ReplyDeletePeople come into your life for, a reason, a season
ReplyDeleteor a lifetime. We never know which it will be.