February 15

It'd been a while since I'd had any visitors and a really (really) long time since I'd seen Corie, so I was happy to welcome her and her cutie daughter Melanie over this morning.

We sat out at the table by the pool and spent an hour or so catching up. Back when my kids were in her preschool classes and she was still a single lady, we spent a fair amount of time together talking, so it was wonderful to be able to reconnect in person.

So today, I'm grateful for the blessing of friendship and for how I've had the gift of watching her family grow over the years. I could not be happier for her than I am.