Wednesday, August 15, 2012

Dearest Lord,

We bid one another goodbye and pledged to get together this winter.  Our friends from Michigan delighted us with a four-day stay.  We laughed and remembered when we worked together in the 60's and we laughed again.  So good for the soul!

How close was your friendship with the disciples?  Did you remember good times together and bad?  Did you share moments of learning, insight, and moments of joy that bonded you together?  Was friendship essential for the work you did together?

As we hugged our friends before they left, we hung on a little longer telling each other "I love you much."  With a combined age of more than 275 years, we know there are fewer times ahead to physically get together, to tease, and to celebrate prized times of friendship.  And so we savored the extra seconds to say thank you.

Great Friend,
thank you
for friendship,
the kind
that brings out
laughter and love,
gentle teasing
and fun-loving spirits.
Thank you
for bonding us together
with faith,
the best gift
of all.

Love, Andrea