On the Go

Once again, I have been remiss in my posting; however, I have really been "on the go". Yesterday, I went with my sister, my niece and her husband to watch my great niece play softball. She is a high school senior and only has a couple more games to play, so I felt the need to watch her at least once. Monday, my sister wanted me to take her shopping at Bed, Bath and Beyond so off we go for that, yet, we ended up making a day of that. Today, I spent time with my former co-worker who recently retired. We try to meet somewhere between my home and hers once a month. You know, we have to work at keeping friendships alive, especially when you live many miles apart. I believe it's very important to make every effort to retain friendships. I remember how devastated I was when my childhood friend moved away when we were in the sixth grade (People then didn't move often as they do now and this separation was very difficult). I will never forget one day after I reached high school, that my friend called and said she was moving back to my hometown. She then asked if I would still be her friend. Being children, it was fairly easy to pick up where we left off (maybe a little awkward at first); however, if we had stayed in touch, there would have been no gap (of course, that's difficult for children). Today, she and I are still friends and we communicate via email. I do wish we could see each other more frequently though.

We were to have choir practice tonight but our director is not feeling well; I truly hate that she is sick. "T" is quite talented and I love to listen to her play the piano. Her mom is not well and now she isn't either (she definitely needs our prayers).

I was surprised to receive a phone call for one of our county's former teachers whom I hired many years ago. He has since left our area and is doing quite well as a band director in another county. it's always great to hear from former educators, former friends and classmates. We are busy planning our 50th class reunion to be held in September. I just hope that all will make a special effort to attend.