I had the very best time on Tuesday!!! Friends of mine in the valley were throwing a surprise birthday lunch for another friend at Marie Callendar's in Fresno so I planned a full day around it and Katie and I drove down. There must have been twenty of us gathered in that room. It was a celebration and reunion both. You could feel the warmth, the love, and the happiness generated by this group.
I haven't seen some of these gals in almost 5 years, since I moved up here. Others, it had been 2 or 3 years and there are a couple I still see regularly. These are all friends from my previous church when I lived down below and, unfortunately, all but a couple of them and their families have left that church since the new priest took over. Consequently, most of them haven't seen each other in maybe a year. The eating was the least of the "lunch". It was all about celebrating Jeanine's birthday and the gathering . The visiting and memories and stories were wonderful and made us all homesick for each other again. There'll be more of these get-togethers, I guarantee.
I hope you had a really special birthday, Jeanine. And, Sara, we have a date in December at Crab Cakes!
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