That is thing about living half way around the world…you can’t do it without the help of friends….old friends and new friends waiting to be friends…friends in your new stomping grounds…..they are there to laugh with you, to vent with you, to hang with the kids when you just 5 minutes to do whatever, they eat with you at the drop of the hat just because they need it too, they understand military life like family and friends never will be able to back home..in short friends have been my *lifeline* over the past decade of living overseas and navigating this road of a military spouse……..(and when I say friends, I mean family too..after all family are your closest friends)…
And though I am super excited to head back home and catch up with all my friends and family back there, I know that their lives have continued and I wonder where I will fit in the scenario when I return. Will my friends welcome me back with open arms, will we still ”click” like we once had. 9-10 years is a really long time…we still talked on the phone over the years but really there is not much conversating happening when your kiddos are screaming in the background every 2 minutes and smoke alarms going off and well you get the idea….will family think I am even more crazier than when I left…I am no longer the college gal that came around foot loose and fancy free…that thought it would *fun* to jump out of perfectly good planes and travel half way around the world solo to an unknown land to where guys rule and women follow behind with their mouth shuts…Now I am a mom and wife with crazy adventures still but Dora style….. It is hard to keep up with things happening back in the land of the free…the help of email and vonage has made it alot easier, but I am still amazed when months go by since I last spoke with them. Time just flies..and flies fast…I still cant believe it has been almost a decade since living in the states..a decade..that is just crazy!
I was going through some old images recently in my attempt to purge things I no longer need and I came across a graduation gift note from my good friend Steph. We have been friends since 5th grade…And man the good times we have had. Anyway she made me this cute, thoughtful, homemade gift card that I have kept through the years..and it said come back soon and I will miss ya..simple and sweet….I have held on to it because I reminded me of her. It reminded me that one day I will come back. One day…So never underestimate the power of notes…you never know what it can do for a person…to know you are missed and thought about half way around the world is something that has given me support to continue this journey in foreign lands.
OK…Enough sap…On to the images…My friends here I will truely miss and these two gals will indeed be on my mind and missed dearly…
They both enjoy photog as much as I do. Pam, the one on the left is a photographer here on island.. So if you need a photog she is your gal…check her site out HERE when you can….And the chica on the right is Rene. Good times are always destined when we get together! Pam’s daughter April took the image above…Rather good I do believe…Straight out of her mommas nikon camera, I didn’t do a thing to it…And she was shooting on Aperture mode..Holaaaa!! This is the fab new photog in the making…Meet April…
Anyhoot…we took the chicklins down to a fav location of mine, that I dont post too often. I do alot of personal stuff and little projects down there.
I just *adore* this image of Em…
And here is Rene’s cutie pie!!! She is just the cutest thing ever!!! And was the perfect little model!
and here is April again and her sidekick, her little bro!
thanks guys for all the memories and the laughs and the penne!!!!! And if I was crafty with paper as my dear friend Steph, I would send you a little note…instead I am shouting it to the world! I will miss you lots and lots and lots!!!
shel
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