Day One: part b

Maureen picked me up from the airport with a car full of nieces and nephews. After dropping them off we hurried to her home for a nephew’s birthday party, or at least what I thought was a birthday party. It turned out to be a different sort of party: THERESE!!! She wasn’t planning on arriving until the next day, so when she decided to come up Thursday night, she and Maureen decided to surprise me… and I was shocked! Almost speechless, if you can believe that.

We went to an Irish pub for dinner and beer. It was a cute bar, and we laughed, and talked and cried. Well, Maureen didn’t cry, but I cried enough for both of us, imagine that!

It was so wonderful to see the girls. I missed them so much! I miss the Ave fellowship and the common ground we all had… oh, it makes me so sad to think those days are over! And we all live so far apart.

Well, after that we went back to Maureen’s, only to go out again later that evening when her high school friends called to let her know they were in town and hanging out. We came back tired and happy, looking forward to the days ahead.