Godly Girlfriends

To my Godly Girlfriends,

and you know who you are.

I may not see you often and

We don't have to talk every day,

but whenever we see each other,

we pick up right where we left off.

Don't you just love that?

Being away so much has made me value

your friendship all the more.

If we could have lunch today,

I'd tell you that:

We arrived safe and sound

Three long driving days

I drove the old 5 speed 4X4 one ton and we bonded
The man pulled the RV with the limo truck
We sold my truck the night before we left
You'll have to drive me around when I get home

Beginning in South Dakota we saw lots of water and sandbags 

This is the most rain they've had in 100 years

Back home we are the dryest in over 100 years

The flooded Mouse river is the highest in recorded history

We only drove in water once

We detoured around the flooded town of Minot

Of the 4,000 flooded homes,

only 375 had flood insurance

Everybody has a story about the flood

We visited the now rented house we bought last year

- 70 miles away and it looked good

We've reconnected with a few folks here

Our neighbor there was so proud of his serape,

 you'd have thought we gave him a new car

We got an RV spot just by the favor of God

I went to church yesterday and most of the service,

We confessed our sins and prayed for our country

The lady at the flower shop has a son in Midland

I went to the little grocery store 3 times today

and the one checker's first and middle names are the same as mine
The postmistress and I have a mutual friend

A kid told me he liked my Tennessee accent
I told him I liked his

We are only 50 miles from the Canadian border

My passport will have a Canadian stamp

I made rhubarb pie and walleye for dinner

My man is liking his work situation

The company he works for provides 3 meals a day on site
I could be out of a cooking job

I haven't got my sewing machine or watercolors out yet

The family next door has little children that miss their Nana

And must recognize me as one

I found a great little park behind us with a lake and trees

The temperature was 51 this morning

It doesn't get dark here until 10:30

I already miss you

And if we could have lunch

I would ask you:

What's new?

How are the kids?

How are the grand kids?

Is the remodel finished?

How's the mission project going?

How's work?

How was your last doctor's visit?

When is the baby due?

Are you terribly excited about retirement?

How was church Sunday?

Where was that fire?

Is my house ok?

Have you done Grana Camp yet?
How hot is it there?

And if we were having lunch,

I'd know the answers to all those questions,

soooooooooooo

Please, please, please let me hear from you!!

And...thanks for being my friend.