Playdate for mommy!

Last weekend I left the older four children in Daddy's capable hands and drove to Iowa to meet a friend. I have a close friend, she and I always joke that we'd like our mansions in heaven to be next door to each other or at least on the same cul de sac. . .When we first met we lived about 45 minutes apart, then we moved and it was an hour and a half. Her husband and mine were going through the career change/family move process at about the same time. Her husband moved first, then Daddy started to work in MN while we still lived in NC, then their family moved to KS and then months later we joined Daddy in MN. She and I had not seen each other since June! God moved both our families halfway across the country, far from family and friends but, within 7 hours of each other! So, we met in the middle. She was getting a cold, but noone believes that, everyone thinks we talked so much she went hoarse! Thank you to both our husbands who "held down the fort" and to the children who let their mommies have the first playdate! See you this winter!