While I was up in Lynden for the memorial service I had the pleasure of being able to sneak away from the late afternoon/dinner plans to go see my old Ecola classmate Tammy (and her hubs who I also went to Ecola with) and her kiddos!
Tammy came and picked me up from the church after the reception and we went back to their house (SO cute!) and I got to read a book with her daughter, check out her sons room (guided tour!) and look through scrapbooks, talk and drink coffee. I may have to put that down in the books as a PERFECT afternoon! I mean how often do you get to sit down with someone who has known you that long, knows all your history, shares values and ideals and is just dang cute!
Me and Tammy, I wish I had the 15 years ago version of this photo with me, it's pretty funny how different the two of us are!
Tammy and her Erin, what a SWEETIE!
Erin being forced to eat her "worms" I sang the "guess I'll go eat worms" song for them, they hadn't ever heard it! Tammy made baked spaghetti and it was AMAZING!
Caleb hamming it up for me! He's the same age as Mikayla and I think we're going to have to arrange a play time!
We did have one very interesting conversation about growing up and living in a small town as opposed to me who grew up in a medium/large town, moved around for a while and now lives in that same town. I grew up at the church that I attend so I get what she was saying. People remember you, good, bad, cute, older, etc. and how that can be both good and bad. The advantages of being in a community that has known you forever and the advantages of picking up and going somewhere where people don't know your baggage. I'm obviously in the boat of enjoying a longstanding community but I see the advantages of the latter. I think my sister did really well with the latter. She left "home" for school and ended up making a new "home" she did a fantastic job of shaking the "I knew you when you were..." funk and becoming a wonderful, beautiful adult! What do you think? do you live where you grew up? did you move away? what would it have been like had you done the opposite?
Friday, May 09, 2008
I got to see Tammy!!!
added with a smooch by kimi at 5/09/2008
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Aw!! those turned out great!! I posted a new picture on my blog just for you!! go check it out! ;)
Alrighty, I am facing a serious case of jealousy... I'm not sure whatever happened to the Zoo Trip we all kinda let fizzle... oh yeah, life... It WILL happen THIS YEAR!
And the moving away thing? I did both. Lived in Seattle a year and was LONELY! I wasn't aware that you could be so surrounded by SOOOO many people and be invisible. I missed seeing people around town that I knew and being able to call someone that I knew/knew me and cry on their shoulder without a history lesson first. We moved back here an I love it. I am glad to have moved away though and I know what I would have missed had I stayed away, but there are still times when I don't like being known for my past... Live and learn though and it is nice to prove people wrong by a changed life- Thank God!
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