Friends

I am grateful for friends - even when they only come through my life for a short time. Here are a few recent ones I love & cherish:

Mikela

Cherie

Mikela & Cherie were good friends a few years ago when we were all studying herbal medicine together at the (now closed) New Mexico College of Natural Healing. We had about a year together, and most of the students scattered to do the next step in their journey. We happened to stay. Cherie & Mikela came through town briefly in late 2005 and stopped by our home the day after Simon was born. Then, just a week or two ago, I got an email saying that they were coming through again. We met up with them for about an hour at a little diner restaurant, ate some Mexican food, and hugged farewell again. I am so thankful for the strength & beauty of these women - and for the fact that we have been able to re-connect face-to-face every now & then, even for just an hour.

Erik

Erik came to town for three weeks for work. We met him late in his first week here, so we really only had 2 weeks together. But we clicked really well and very quickly, and spent the rest of his time here together as much as possible. We watched movies, went to see some live bluegrass, walked downtown, cooked & ordered take-out & ate out together, and chatted a lot. I love meeting new people & making new friends, and I especially love it when the friendship happens so quickly & smoothly that we feel as though we've known each other for much longer than we have. Adam & I both kept feeling disappointed that Erik didn't live here, but then realizing it wouldn't matter anyway since in another 2 months we'll be gone too. But boy are we glad the stars aligned so that Erik came through lovely little Silver City AFTER our house was on the market & relatively easy to keep clean & empty, and BEFORE we left town. I can't imagine what we'd all have been missing if we hadn't met and become fast friends. Gotta love this amazing, fabulous guy!