June 13

I was sitting at Starbucks this morning adding rows to my current work-in-progress when Dana walked in. A few minutes later, Lisa --who was meeting Dana for coffee-- followed suit. And what came next was a very blessed 20ish minutes of easy, impromptu conversation, mostly about life with teenagers.

Although I don't see either of them particularly often, I've known them both for roughly 15 years. Between them they have four beautiful daughters (including Lisa's triplets, God bless her!) who are Logan's age, so although I feel a distinct sense of wistfulness when I talk with them, those conversations also give me a concrete opportunity to put him at the forefront of my mind and mull over who he was and who he'd be today. That may sound like a sad thing, but it's not because it's a blessing to remember.

I firmly believe that God arranges meetings for us with specific people just when we need to interact with them. So today, I'm grateful that these two amazing, strong, intelligent women walked into my Starbucks and delayed their coffee date to say hi.