She was so little and so serious, wasn’t she? She still takes life pretty seriously, but at least she smiles more now.
I’m happy you guys got to go back. It’s always often nice to revisit the old haunts of where we once were, in what often seems like another life.
My heart breaks for Joy though, because I have experienced what it was like to instantly click and find your best friend. It happened to me when I was eight. My preacher’s granddaughter came to live with them for two months. We hit it off at church, then on Monday she was put in my class at school (her grandmother was the principal). We had two glorious months of friendship and kept in touch for a couple of years longer. She will find that best friend again, but there’s nothing like the first one.
She was really mad at Carl for a bit after we left. It wasn’t until he explained that we didn’t really want to leave our friends, either, that she understood he wasn’t just being mean. It’s a hard lesson to learn at any age!
Glad your visit was such a blessing!
Me too! I was honestly a little nervous about it before we left, but it turned out even better than I could have hoped.
You have such a lovely family! :) Glad you got to catch up with friends, however hectic it all was! Hope you get some more relaxing time soon!
Thank you! I doubt we’ll be relaxing any time soon, but hopefully after the move things will settle down and we’ll start to figure out what normal is again.
19 years ago I moved from Buffalo, NY to Laramie, WY, and I have’t been back in 12 years….when you mentioned Wegmans a flood of memories just poured out. This post makes me want to go back to my old haunts!
Wow, twelve years is a long time. I suppose it IS a bit trickier to get from WY to NY than it is from NY to PA!
Carl and I were like kids in the candy store at Wegmans. We bought all the produce we could fit in the trunk, and probably would have spent an hour more just wandering the aisles if we hadn’t needed to get on the road. I wish they had stores in more areas!