Thursday, August 5, 2010

The Best Laid Plans

So, I had every intention of writing on this blog daily and yeah, well, that just hasn't happened. In my defense, it's been a busy couple of weeks.
Thad and I were invited on a safari trip to Africa with an insurance company we do a lot of business with. It's an amazing opportunity...a trip of a lifetime, so we couldn't pass it up. But, it was a last minute invitation, so we've found ourselves scrambling to get prepared. And I've found myself having some serious anxiety about being away from Harper for 10 days. And being halfway around the world, so that even if I needed to get back to him, I couldn't. I'm not typically an anxious person, but I guess having children and being away from them will do that to you. He's going to spend the time with his grandparents. The first half with G&G Pealer and the second half with G&G Kirk. He's going to be spoiled rotten and have the time of his life! We leave this Sunday and I think I'm actually starting to get a little bit excited.
In the midst of planning for Africa, I also had a party to look forward to. My best friend and her little girl are finally home! Jenn and Avery have spent the last 7 months living in Memphis and Jacksonville so that Avery could receive treatment for her cancer. They are finally home and they had a BIG party to celebrate! It was amazing to see so many people come to their home to love on them and give them a proper welcome back! I'm just so happy for Jeremy and Jenn that they have their family back together in their own home. It's going to do wonders for their souls. And, having my best friend is going to be pretty great for me, too!
A lot of our sorority sisters came into town for the event, and it's always so wonderful to have my girls together. There is definitely just something about the women who know everything about you and love you anyway. We are spread over 6 states now and don't see each other as often as any of us would like due to families and jobs, but when we all get together it's like we're still sitting around the den at the AXO house rehashing the events from the night before. When I joined the house, I have to admit, my intentions were not the most noble. I thought I'd meet some really fun girls to party with, and um, I needed to make sure I had an in for all the frat parties of course. What I didn't really anticipate was that I was about to meet the women who would be part of my life. Forever. Sure, they were fun. And we partied. A lot. But then this amazing thing happened. We grew up. And we still stuck together. We've followed each others' careers, stood with each other as we married our husbands, held each others' brand new babies, and rallied together when of our own needed us more than we ever could have anticipated back in 1998 when we pledged to be sisters forever. I am blessed.

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