Best Friends

While in Monterey we met a family that became near and dear to our family. We got together often for dinners, games, camping, as well as attending church, OCF, and PWOC. Our daughters found each other and immediately became fast friends. It became a norm for them to see each other many times during the week. One of the hardest things Rachel has had to deal with in her short 3 1/2 years of life, was moving away from her best friend Marissa. As a mother, I found it difficult to deal with the constant questions of when we were going to see Marissa again and tears when the answer wasn't what she expected. My heart broke every time I would see her eyes light up when she declared that she was going to see Marissa that day, and then dim when I would have to tell her that Marissa lived in a different state. This friendship is something I think we all aspire to have. Someone that loves you and makes your heart feel alive. These two friends had been apart for 6 months when under sad circumstances they were brought back together again, even if only for a short time. Don't you sometimes wish you could bottle an emotion so that when you were feeling blue you could bring it out again? This is what I felt when these two saw each other again yesterday afternoon.

Best Friends

Rachel and Marissa