Hellos and Goodbyes

This weekend was a whirlwind of activity, but most of it revolved around saying hello and goodbye to friends and family. It started with saying goodbye to Grandpa J.C. and Karma. They went home to Central Oregon on Friday morning, after two weeks of visiting.

Then my friend Lafayette came to visit for the weekend. He lives in Reno, NV and I haven't seen him in over 15 years. Ryan met him for the first time, even though they have e-mailed one another. We had to say goodbye to him on Saturday night because he flew out early Sunday morning.

The biggest goodbye is to our friends Ala and Marina, they are going home to Belarus at the end of the week. We have spent a lot of time with them over the summer and their move back home was unexpected. If I thought about this weekend and all of the people that we said goodbye to and how much we will miss their company, I would get really sad. So, I have to just think about the next time we meet. Goodbye everyone, we'll miss you.