The one thing I miss about being with the people I've grown up with, those who have known me forever, family or good friends, co-workers..whatever, is that you don't have to explain who you are or where you've been, no need to re-tell life experiences or describe an event.. because they already know it all and the joy is they love you anyway.
We had such a wonderful surprise when my cousin and her husband came to the US a couple of weeks ago...he presented a paper in Vegas on the economic rewards of higher education (hope I'm right on the title Alex??) They spent just one day and night with us, but we packed a whole lot of living in those few hours, showed pictures of children not seen by others for far too long, shared gardens now grown, and recalled incidents and memories only family would know.
And then the best thing was that they would take a small special package from me, all the way back with them and give it to my daughter..from my hands to theirs..to hers.
It felt good!
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