Do you ever have days you wish you could fast forward? Today wasn't that day. Today was the day I needed slow motion. Today we had to say good-bye to some of the best friends we've ever known. Our next door neighbors are moving to Boise, ID just 3 weeks before we move to San Diego. Four years ago we met as next door neighbors, just like you always do when you move somewhere new. God must have been smiling that moment knowing what we didn't know. Knowing all that we would go thru and the friendship that would come out of it. He kept us next door to each other for 4 amazing years, and when I look back on this time in our life it will always have them in it. So much has been shared between us that my house feels more empty now that they're gone. Last week movers packed our homes on the same day. Today, we packed up 3 vans, 20 ish pieces of luggage, 7 kids, a dog and took them to the airport. And just like that, the day we all knew was coming came. We had to say good-bye. It grieves me. The ache of knowing that on this side of Heaven what we had here probably won't happen again. And yet, God is still good. God knew the friendships I would gain here and he knows my friendships yet to come. And surely we will have neighbors in Heaven...I already have mine.
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