A friend with constant health issues has been through a particularly tough time lately. Several trips across the mountains (always a crap shoot weather-wise this time of year) and a surgery later she is finally "coming back to us" and feeling improvements in her health instead of feeling rotten much of the time.
A few us met at one of her favorite restaurants today so she could delve into a favorite food that she hadn't had since "Before the Surgery." Afterwards, a few games of Banagrams at her house before we had to go our separate ways.
The best part? Seeing her less-stressed face, having her snarky sense of humor back, laughing deeply from our guts, and just plain having fun. What a joy it is to be blessed with wonderful friends to share all parts of life with (two of these folks literally booted my butt to the doctor when my depression got really bad)--the good, the bad, the sad, the frustrating, the joys, the fun, the wonder of lives, and the presence of each other.
I'm feeling the warmth of God's arms this evening for me, the people I care deeply about, and the whole of creation. Yeehah!
Life goes on!
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