Legendary Relationships.

Jenny... Philadelphia. Jamie... London. Rebecca... Charlotte. Jess... considered Bellingham. Rachel... she's a loose cannon - we never know what she might do next.

These girls are people that are so dear to my heart for so many unique reasons. Jenny I want to drink coffee with first thing in the morning for the rest of my life, eat breakfast with and just 'be around' all day whether or not we talk - (we sometimes do this over the phone from across the country.) We are so different but perfect together - much like Yin and Yang; Jamie knows everything about me from the first time I got drunk (my older brother let me do it but ONLY under his watchful eye at our house when I was 16... and Jamie was there too) to the awkward hormonal growth spurts leading up to meeting our husbands in college; Rebecca is my raunchy friend all the while she loves Jesus -- raunchy simply means that we're not scared to talk the dirty and get it dealt with... be it sex, excessive discharge or smelly armpits - oh and we happen to hold each other accountable to obedience to Christ; Jesseca would prefer to sip reheated coffee all day, lounge in her lazy boy, wear sweats and throw her hair on top of her head until the dinner bell rings - we get along because deep down that feeds my SOUL! We show up to each others' houses, kids in tow and ask to have a shower alone for the first time that week... once I hop out, she hops in and the other watches the swarm of six kids; Rachel has class and charm. She calls me to a higher level of productivity during my day all the while applauding my ability to just 'not care' in moments when she wishes she could 'not care' as much... she's clever, hospitable, funny and compassionate -- not to mention our kids are 'six peas in a pod' and would be quite happy if we were all quarantined together. For life.

God is calling each of these woman to Himself. But to watch them move, one by one, farther from me take its toll. Its crazy because I have each moment cemented in my mind... the driveway that is only 50 feet from me is the same driveway that I said 'goodbye' to Jenny and Leo last time they visited (and I stood watching until their taillights were gone from sight), I watched as Jamison (Jamie) smiled and in her cuteness turned around and waved her way down the driveway to her car (again, I stood watching until her taillights were gone from sight) and tonight I watched and held a child on each hip as I stared at the taillights over the top of my tears as Rebecca, Mark, Charli and Georgia headed for North Carolina. I've cried each time... I like to think that in those moments I'm praising God for the treasure I've found in each of them. I like to think that I'm not thinking of myself as much as I'm realizing the grace of God to give them to me... and not for a short time...

But for the rest of my life.

I love each of you so much. You have no idea.

Really, you don't.

God be with you.