It's So Hard to Say Goodbye...

When we first moved to our area, I was 5 months pregnant and a little bitter. I didn't want to move to suburbia, I wanted to be closer to the action and a mall. I thought that our life after kids would be spent going out while the kids were with Grandma. Yeah, not so much. I love our little suburbia and all that goes with it. One of the best parts of our area is our church and the great group of ladies I met at moms group. Julia was still a baby when I started going and I can't imagine what I would have done without that group. The best part was that I met some of my very closest friends in that group, not even realizing that I would, nor expecting it. Many of us have moved on to the point of not needing "moms group" per se, since we have our little group of friends and our days are pretty full and busy. But we still NEED each other.

Connecting with other women in your 30s is not the easiest thing. People have their own sets of friends and their busy lives. But I have never felt like it was much work with this set of ladies. It's just this open group of lots of different opinions, but with a common bond of faith. Now, don't get me wrong, we're not quoting scripture (one of last night's discussions involved the decoding of rubber bracelets), we just chat. I love curling up on the floor with a glass of wine and just chatting about random stuff with these girls. I always have fun.

So last night's get together was another farewell. It's the worst part. Husbands get transferred...it's a fact of life. But it doesn't make it any easier. We had a great time last night, but the ominous reason why we were all there hung over us. None of us are good at goodbyes. I always feel sad for myself, but even more so for whomever is leaving. They are taking a giant leap and hoping that when they land, they will find some girls half as cool as us to fill the void. That sucks. We still have each other, they have to go find a whole new set of people. Ugh. At least there is facebook and email, but it isn't the same. So, I will keep my sweet Jen in my prayers, that she will find some great people to replace us and one day she will hopefully not know what she did without this NEW group of ladies. That's really all you can hope for.