so on Sunday, I was invited to a reunion party...
'cause Dearest Dragonfly & Fr Carioca were "passing through"...
[the following pictures have been chosen with an eye for anonymity...
ie, blurry or no clear faces...there are more on my Facebook pages...]
there were hugs...
long, lingering hugs...
and "green tea"...
more hugs...
and... still, MORE hugs...
there was, of course...lots to drink...
and [behind this crowd...] lots to eat too...
as I drifted about, in stealth mode, taking pictures...
my mind was floating in many directions...
remembering others who couldn't be with us...
too far away, out of touch or with other obligations...
and those, already "home"... awaiting the rest of us...
but still, enjoying the "us" that was for a blessed time, then...
and was again, this evening, if only as a remembrance...
there was a lot of catching up [it's been 2 years...]
kids bigger, new kids or grandkids celebrated...
fun times remembered, "war stories" told...
favorite new music shared, encouragements given...
no one had actually brought any music to sing...
but we didn't really need any...
as everyone's heart was full of song...by just being there...
"... though the singer's gone...the song goes on...
God is good...all the time...
6 comments:
We had lunch today with Dearest Dragonfly and Fr. Carioca. They were "waxing poetic" about the lovely time they had at the choir get-together! I have a cross-stitch on my wall that says "There is no distance too far between friends for love gives wings to the heart." How true!
...absolutely true...
Wish I would have know about them being there, I was at a memorial service in Santa Nella that day. Hope all is well with you.
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...actually, they're still around...
they're doing a wedding on Aug 1...
I don't know their itinerary,but Uncle Phil probably does...
The August 1st wedding is in Indiana, they left California today. :(
..oops...thanks for the info MM...I heard them discussing "another wedding" with hummingbird & thought they said it was "here"...
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