Better Late...

Sorry for being late to this post. It has been a busy time. On Tuesday we have another middle school coming for a college visit. It will be the third one this month. Today I had a meeting with the excutive board of our consortium. And that is when I discovered something that I am having a hard time with today...

If you saw me tonight, you might say "Hey, you look like you lost your best friend." In a way, that is exactly what is happening. Susie, my friend from 1995... we were career specialist together, we have worked together at the same college, we share new years eve together, we were both single and saw each other through being married again, she has had various illnesses, and once they gave me the wrong medication and she spotted right away that it had an effect on my personality. I would say, she has been my best friend for these past 13 years. We both enjoy going to movies... and until we got married we would go together a lot. We have other friends... but she has always been there for me. We are both Christians and so we are always praying for each other. She became a representative for UW Tacoma after I became one for my college. So, we are on this excutive board together... she is the president and I am the secretary. OK, you say, what is wrong? She announced yesterday that she is leaving in June to move back to North Carolina.

It isn't a shock that she is going to North Carolina. She and her husband has been planning to retire there. I just didn't expect it to be this soon. I have been trying to get hired at UWT so that we could work together again. The plan wasn't going to take place for another year or so. She wants to go back and start a christian bookstore. It will be a leap of faith. She has a daughter living in her house back there and there is a church they attend that would like to have a coffee shop and a bookstore together. So, she feels she needs to persue this adventure. I am happy for her in this respect and I support her in my prayers. However, as you can imagine, I will miss my friend. I know... I can go back and visit her. But, you and I know that it is not the same thing as when they are close by. It takes work and life goes on. Often, what we hope we would do turns into years. Excuse me if I sound a little down or too realistic.

Well, it is night and I better close now and get to bed. Tomorrow is American Idol and we will see how the Davids do in their last performances. HUGS