We have some friends whom I feel like saying we love them dearly doesn't describe it nearly enough. This family is like a sister, a brother, a niece, a nephew. They are our comrades and our confidants. We laugh, we cry and we share things. We delight in our kids together. We even name them similar names and had them 9 months apart and dress them the same (accidentally). Lisa and I show up places dressed like twins (also accidentally). We never run out of things to say, but we can also sit in silence and look out at the sun bouncing off the water. But we also live a little over 4 hours apart. Which doesn't make it convenient to live our lives together when these are our people. So we plan ahead now. We make the most of our distance by creating weekends together. We travel near and far to see one another, to familiar and new places. This weekend we spent a lovely three days in La Conner, an old haunt of ours. And our children laughed and then sobbed when they left each other. We crafted (Lisa and I) and laughed and watched movies. We also spent a lot of time laying on the couch being sick (also Lisa and I). But fun was had by all, because no matter whats going on, I'd rather experience it in the company of these people.
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