As I sit here to collect my “blog thoughts” this morning – I have to wax sentimental a bit. I have had a very social week full of family and friends, and when reflecting upon this, well…I must admit…my cup runneth over a bit :)
We have new friends with whom I feel connected and who make this German adventure feel like “life”. They experience new things with us, we teach each other little tricks and steps we’ve learned as we’ve tried to maneuver gracefully through this new culture. We laugh and scratch our heads together over lessons we have still to learn – and with them, I know we share an experience which will bond us together for many years to come (elephants, dear readers, lots of elephants!)
This week, I socialized with one of these new friends each day – one day for an adventure at the open market and coffee, another had lunch with me in my neighborhood and then was still here as I had an Ikea delivery and a couch sale happen simultaneously! Yet another was kind enough to invite me to the Pumpkin Festival with her in-laws for a day’s adventure. And tonight, we will meet another couple at Volksfest.
In addition to our “new” friends, this week brought us in contact with many of the “old”. We’ve managed to set up three weekend visits with friends we met at other duty stations (San Diego and Norfolk), and are SO excited to be reconnecting with them while we are here. The old friends are the ones that make my heart glow just a bit when I see their names in my inbox – and with whom we already share a library of stories that start with “Remember that…?” We can’t wait to add a few more of those stories to our memory banks. What a richness they add to life!!
We’ve also heard a lot from family this week! We got anniversary cards from “home” in the states and letters from some of our family members who don’t use email. Hubbalicious’ parents have finally received a healthy offer on Hubbz’s childhood home – so (if all goes well) they are about to start their retirement, and have already started penciling their visit to Stuttgart into their calendar. And I even had some pictures of our niece and nephew hit my inbox this week. What a treat!!!
All of this emotion has to go somewhere, right? (Thesis, Woman. Thesis!) Here it is: We are in the midst of a wonderful time in our lives. The scenery is beautiful and interesting and each new day is full of promise of some flavor of adventure. But YOU GUYS – you are the ones that make our lives good and happy and rich and substantive. Your involvement in our lives makes up a majority of the reasons that we know – we are SO blessed. See? Cup….overflowing… :)
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