It's so weird how things happen in life. Today, I was off from work to take my Mom to an appointment having to do with her upcoming cataract surgery. So...I was doing a lot of driving...and when I drive....who knows where my thoughts go. Today it went to some dear friends. I thought about all of them....how we love them. and how sad it is that we just don't see them anymore. We used to belong to the same church, and so we used to see them at least once a week. They are featured in these pages of one of my scrapbooks (although I could only scan part of the page). They are Alyssa's godparents. I thought about how busy our lives get...and how hard it seems to be to make time for the people that are so special to us.
That was this afternoon on my way home from my Mom's. I picked up Alex, and as usual was zipping around trying to complete some projects, and then I went to church. The choir was practicing our anthem in the sanctuary...and people were beginning to come in...and I couldn't believe it...but there was Jim. I was trying to make eye contact with him, but to no avail. Finally, during the greeting I ran down to give him a big hug. Here he was at an Ash Wednesday service at my new church. For so many years we shared the same church, sang in the choir, he ribbed me mercilessly about my favorite hymn. Jim ran a hymn sing once a year and I stuffed the ballot box every year so that my hymn would make it in the top ten...and he let everyone know that he thought there had been foul play. Yet here he was visiting my church.
It has taken me awhile to get my feet wet and get involved at the new church. After being so involved at the old one, there was a part of me that just wanted to sit and be anonymous for awhile. I am getting to know people, making some connections....but yet, there was something so comforting about my friend Jim being at that service tonight.
He and his family have known me for about 20 years. Friendships such as those are precious. Tomorrow I am going to call Janet, his wife, and I am going to chat with her and we are going to figure out a time to get together.....not for any special reason...just because they are dear friends who I miss so much. I treasure my friends...I always have. I need to make time for these friends now...nothing else is as important as making time for those you love.
" Time goes so fast, people go in and out of your life. You must never miss the opportunity to tell these people how much they mean to you."
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